magnificence. For in four places only are the temples 
embellished with work in marble, and from that circum¬ 
stance the places are very celebrated, and their excellence 
and admirable contrivance is pleasing to the gods them¬ 
selves. The first is the temple of Diana at Ephesus, of 
the lonic order, built by Ctesiphon of Gnosus, and his 
son Metagenes, afterwards completed by Demetrius, a 
priest of Diana, and Pæonius, the Ephesian. The second is 
the temple of Apollo, at Miletus, also of the Ionic order, 
built by the above-named Pæonius, and Daphnis, the 
Milesian. The third is the Doric temple of Ceres and 
Proserpine, at Eleusis, the cell of which was built by Ic¬ 
tinus, of extraordinary dimensions, for the greater conve¬ 
nience of the sacrifices, and without an exterior colon¬ 
nade. This structure, when Demetrius Phalereus go¬ 
verned Athens, was turned by Philus into a prostyle tem¬ 
ple, with columns in front, and by thus enlarging the 
vestibule, he not only provided accommodation for the 
noviciates, but gave great dignity to its appearance. 
Lastly, in Athens it is said that Cossutius was the archi¬ 
tect of the temple of Jupiter Olympius, which was of 
large dimensions, and of the Corinthian order and pro- 
portions, as above mentioned. From the pen of this man 
no treatise is extant; nor is it from him alone that such 
would have been less desirable, than from Caius Mu¬ 
tius, who with great science, and according to the just 
rules of art, completed the cell, columns, and entabla¬ 
ture of the temples of Honour and Virtue, near the tro¬ 
phy of Marius, a work, which, had it been of marble, and 
thereby endowed with the splendour and richness which 
the material must have added, would have been reckoned 
among the first and most excellent examples. It there¬