| Show TS at eap ad ca 1 eb al f 0 40 fa THE CITY OF POMPEII tl d C dl acl 5 ahat has pompeii like before the catastrophe how ilow did its magnificent building look before they were burled buried under the stones and candera of Vesuvius 9 tew kew of the thousands of va visitors a igors who have walked amid the ruin of this wondrous city can form any adequate idea of its pristine beauty for ita its fallen capitals and ehat shat columns speak an unknown language to the ordinary observer not so 0 o to the expert archaeologist and architect to him each fragment however hoever small and shattered tella tells a stony story of the triumphs of greek and anti roman ait sit hurcel to destruction in an hour when in the year 79 the mighty alcano vomited toner stones cin ders and lava upon the devoted city it has remained for a german arcet hect and archaeologist C eichardt to furnish at laet last an adequate ilea I 1 lea of Pori pell as it 11 waa as of ot the great tample j especially v illch ich it was all adorned orned he ile his mad made drabin drawings js which may mav be placed hide side by si al le 1 with the ruins of which they are rs re constructions so that ci i an a see precisely hov the ruins lorm orm a iii at t basis of the rp reconstruction construction it must not be forgotten that pom pell pelt was covered with a mass ot of stones and cinders from twenty to thirty f feet ct deep and that only a part of the city has yet u beta dug out of its grave of centuries there wa was a forum in pompeii as in all roman towns forming the civic center of the city adorned with colon nadea nades an ani I 1 temples as may be seen been from the remains stilt still standing the te largest temple in lit was that dedica dedicated to jupiter jui lter standing on the northern side of the forum Frit entering ering through the gate of 0 the market place two small stairways led to a long podium which served as the platform from which the orators r oke tu to the assembled multitude kven even cicero may have lave addressed the crowd upon some question of public mom mourant nt from this spot thence a braal stairway leads up to tho temple of jupiter and its porch with six corinthian columns 0 temple 01 0 11 even in lit the ruins are to be seen the pillars on tt left on which were statues and there in the pavement are the foundations for seven great platforms which were once adorned with statues passing to the east of the temple we find some fifteen pedestals behind the columns tind marble fragments here a costly hall hill was erected by the koman roman em emperors empe rois origin illy seven teen columns supported the loidl lordly y root roof and there wern wera fifteen statues on these pedestals along which th the e vaitor looked at thy the ro co dumns ranged by the temple of jupiter all hung with tho the votive offerings of the people passing through the larie lan atrium obal area to the of if jupiter temp we come to tee the mine oi 01 a tern tem plo via blit of or marbe marble in the imperial age it Is called arinna augusta because dedicated to the oddes of for tune by augustus it that some of the Pompel lans shortly after the destruction must have dug hero here and taken away some of the statuary of the interior it tas las been possible to reconstruct this beautiful little temple from the ruins which aich can still be traced and anti pieces of the capitals found here and anti there it must have been one of the fayck te to temples with alth the pleasure becking seeking romans and j the temple of jupiter wa was in itself a specimen of the best architectural art jf of fio vie time here was the open air theater to which the people crowded for gladia shows and the presentation of the dramas of the time and hire too WAS that heuple dedicated to tao Capit defiles deities jupiter juno and INtine minerva although if merly it had been the temple of the altar standing in front of the temple proved this ri as tt it Is of parly early greek construction long loag antes antedating dating the ro man statues of jupiter and jano made of baked lay elay wre found tier liere ai as wll well as a bust of minerva of the sana same sa na nia aerial enough vierl am etil atil standing the step steps aj 1 I ra 1 to tn show us exactly the coin n q were placed making the kostora lou ion as certain as possible tie oldest temple in all compall to that one the ruins of which are to be found on the south aide side of the aty ity hish high above the valley of the river sarno near the triangular trian nilar gilar forum two ides idea of the triangle have halls of doric columns walle the third Is 1 open giving a free view of the land L 1 01 k ru n no of the forum scope the entrance to the forum la is at the northern corner the ancient Pom pellan but ha I 1 left the nolay noisy dirty city behind him and foun I 1 a resort of rest piao and anti beauty as he entered here there were the hundred cot col halls and the temple in its doric power shutting out all that was profane and beyond tae tile infinite panorama of sea and mountain and sky in deed this place was endowed by art ani ant nature with rare beauty the long halls serving as Ps sages to the theater and the walks on the open east silo must hai hae e bem favorite resorts of the new york herald |
