The Ten Books on Architecture
Anaphoric dial, 275.
Anaxagoras, 195, 198, 225, 269.
Ancona, 63.
Andreas, 273.
Andromeda (constellation), 266.
Andron of Ephesus, 70.
Andrones, 187.
Andronicus of Cyrrhus, 26.
Antae, 114, 120, 186;
temple in antis, 75.
Antiborean (sun dial), 273.
Antimachides, 199.
Antiochus, 199.
Antipater, 238, 269.
Antistates, 199.
Apaturius, 212.
Apelles, 11.
Apollo, 69, 102, 103, 196;
Panionion, 103, 255;
colossal statue of, 289;
temple of, at Alabanda, 78;
at Miletus, 200; at Rome, 80;
site of temple of, 80.
Apollonia, 235; siege of, 317 _f._
Apollonius, 273.
Apollonius of Perga, 12.
Aqueducts, 244 _ff._;
Marcian, 232.
Aquileia, 21.
Arabia, 235, 237.
Arachne (sun dial), 273.
Aradus, 315.
Araeostyle temples, 78, 80;
proportions of columns in, 84.
Aratus, 269.
Arcadia, 238.
Arcesius, 109, 198.
Arched substructures, 190.
Archer (constellation), 266.
Archimedes, 8, 12, 199, 243;
detects a theft of gold by a contractor, 253 _f._
Archinapolus (astrologer), 269.
Architecture, fundamental principles of, 13 _ff._;
departments of, 16 _ff._
Architrave, 94, 288.
Archytas of Tarentum, 12, 199, 255.
Arcturus (star), 266.
Ardea, 233.
Arevanias, 54.
Arezzo, ancient wall of brick at, 53.
Argo (constellation), 268.
Argolis, precinct of Juno at, 102.
Argos, 54.
Ariobarzanes, 154.
Aristarchus, 11.
----of Samos, 12, 263, 273.
Aristides, 241.
Aristippus, shipwreck of, 167.
Aristomenes of Thasos, 70.
Aristophanes, 168; grammaticus, 196.
Aristotle, 195, 251.
Aristoxenus, 11, 140, 145.
Armenian blue, 213, 217.
[Greek: Harpedonai] (star group), 268.
Arrow (constellation), 266.
Arsenal, naval, at Peiraeus, 198.
Arsinoe, 103.
Artemisia, 55 _f._
Artemon ([Greek: Epagôn]), 287.
Asphalt, 235;
asphaltic springs, 234;
lake Asphaltitis, 235.
[Greek: Asplênon], 20.
Assafoetida grown in Cyrene, 237.
Astansoba (river), 231.
Astoboa (river), 231.
Astragals, 90.
Astrology, 269 _ff._
Athens, 26, 40, 53, 78, 124, 199, 200, 234;
colonnades at, 154;
temple of Minerva at, 198;
length of shadow of gnomon at, 257, 270.
Athos, Mt., 35.
[Greek: Atlantes], 188.
Atlantides, 189.
Atlas, 188, 231.
Atrium, 185, 210;
proportions of, 176 _f._
Attalus, 53, 103, 195.
Attic doorways, 120.
Aurelius, Marcus, 3.
Aventine, 216.
Babylon, 24, 235.
Bacchus, proper site for temple of, 31;
Ionic order appropriate to, 15;
temple of, at Teos, 82, 109, 198.
Baiae, 46, 47.
Bakeries, 184.
Balance (constellation), 266.
Balconies in forum, 131.
Balearic Isles, 214, 240.
Ballistae, rules for making, 305 _ff._
Bankers' offices, 131.
Barns, 184.
[Greek: Baroulkos], 283.
Bases, Ionic, 90 _ff._
Basilica, 132 _ff._;
of Vitruvius at Fano, 134 _ff._
Bathrooms, 180;
of farmhouse, 183.
Baths, 157 _ff._
Beast (constellation), 268.
Bedrooms, 181.
Beech, 60.
Berosus, 262, 269, 273.
Bilbery, used to make purple, 220.
Bird (constellation), 266.
Black, 217 _f._
Block (_rechamus_), 285 _ff._
Blue, 218 _f._
Body, proportions of, 72.
Boedas of Byzantium, 70.
Boeotia, 237.
Bolsena, lake of, 50.
Boscoreale, villa rustica at, 183.
Bowl (constellation), 268.
Breakwaters, 162 _ff._
Brick, 42 _ff._;
test of, 57.
Bright (Pephrasmenos), inventor of battering ram, 309.
Bryaxis, 199.
Bucket-pump, 294.
Bug (river), 231.
Bull (constellation), 266.
Burnt-ochre, 218 _f._
Buttresses, 190 _f._
Byzantium, 310.
Cadiz, 309.
Caecuban (wine), 236.
Caesar, Julius, 62 _f._, 240.
Callaeschrus, 199.
Callias of Aradus, 315.
Callimachus ([Greek: katatêxitechnos]), 104.
Callippus, 269.
Campania, 48, 64, 236, 238.
Campus Cornetus, 238.
Canon of water organ, 299.
Canopus (star), 268.
Capitals, Ionic, 92 _ff._;
Corinthian, 102, 104 _f._;
Doric, 110;
of triglyphs, 112.
Capitol, hut of Romulus on, 40;
temple on, 80.
Cappadocia, 235.
Carpion, 198.
Carthage, 235.
Caryae, 6 _f._
Caryatides, 6 f_f._
Casius (town in Egypt), 235.
Cassiopea (constellation), 266.
Castor, temple of, 124.
Catacecaumenites (wine), 236.
Catapults, 303 _ff._;
stringing and tuning of, 308 _f._
Cataract of Nile, 231.
Catheti, 92.
Caucasus, 231.
Cavaedium, 176 _ff._
Cedar, 62.
Ceilings of baths, 158.
Cella, 114 _ff._, 120;
of circular temple, 123.
Celtica, 231.
Censer (constellation), 267.
Centaur (constellation), 267.
Cepheus (constellation), 266.
Cephisus, 237.
Ceres, temple of 80, 200;
site of temple of, 32.
Chalcedon, 309.
Chaldeans, 262.
Charias, 199, 310.
Charioteer (constellation), 266.
[Greek: Cheirokmêta] of Democritus, 255.
Chersiphron, 78, 198, 200, 288.
Chion of Corinth, 70.
Chionides, 168.
Chios, 103, 197; siege of, 317.
Chorobates, levelling instrument, 242 _f._
Chrobs, poisonous lake at, 237.
Chromatic mode, 140.
Cibdeli, 234.
Cicero, 256.
Cilbian country, 215.
Cilicia, 235.
Cinnabar, 215 _ff._;
adulteration of, 217.
Circular temples, 122 _ff._
Circumference of earth, 27 _f._
Circumsonant sites of theatres ([Greek: periêchountes]), 153.
Circus, Flaminius, 124, 273;
Maximus, 80.
Cisterns, 244 _ff._
City, site of, 17 _ff._; walls, 21 _f._
Classification of temples, 75 _ff._, 78 _ff._
Clazomenae, 103, 269.
Clearstock of fir, 60.
Climate determines the style of houses, 170.
Clitor, spring at, 239.
Colchis, 231.
Colline Gate, 75.
Colonnades, 131, 154, 155, 156 _f._, 160 _f._
Colophon, 103, 269.
Colours, 214 _ff._;
natural, 214 _f._;
artificial, 217;
manufactured from flowers, 220;
how applied to stucco, 207.
Columbaria ([Greek: opai]), 108.
Columns, proportions of, in colonnades, 154;
in forums, 132;
in basilicas, 132;
Corinthian, 102;
diminution in top of, 84 _f._;
Ionic order, 90 _ff._;
arrangement of, 114.
Conarachne (sun dial), 273.
Concords in music, 142.
Concrete floors, 202.
Cone (sun dial), 273.
Conical Plinthium (sun dial), 273.
Consonancies in music, 142.
Consonant sites of theatres ([Greek: synêchountes]), 153.
Constellations, northern, 265 _ff._;
Southern, 267 _ff._
Consumptives, resin of larch good for, 63.
Corinth, 145.
Corinthian cavaedium, 176.
Corinthian order, 15;
origin of, 102 _f._;
proportions of, 106 _f._;
treatise on, by Arcesius, 198.
Cornelius, Gnaeus, 3.
Corona, 102, 107, 112.
Cos, island of, 269.
Cossutius, 200.
Courage dependent on climate, 173.
Counterforts, 190.
Courtyards, 183.
Crab (constellation), 268.
Crathis (river), 237.
Crete, 20, 62.
Creusa, 103.
Croesus, 195;
house of, at Sardis, 53.
Cross-aisles in theatre, 138, 146;
in Greek theatre, 151.
Crown (constellation), 266.
Ctesibius, 8, 198, 273 _f._;
pump of, 297 _f._
Cube, properties of, 130.
Cubit equals six palms or twenty-four fingers, 74.
Cumae, 162.
Cunei in theatre, 146.
Cutiliae, 234.
Cyclades, 214.
Cydnus, 234.
Cymatium, 94, 110;
Doric, 112.
Cypress, 59, 61.
Cyrene, 27, 237, 255.
Daphnis of Miletus, 200.
Darius, 195.
Decorations of walls, 209 _f._
Defence, measures for, 315 _ff._
Delos, problem enjoined upon, by Apollo, 255.
Delphi, Round Building at, 198.
Demetrius of Phalerum, 200.
Demetrius Poliorcetes, 316.
Demetrius (slave of Diana), 200.
Democles, 199.
Democritus, 42, 195, 251, 255, 269;
his study of perspective, 198.
Demophilus, 199.
Denarius, 74.
Dentils, 94, 102, 108.
Departments of architecture, 16 _f._
Diades, 199; inventor of siege machines, 310.
Dials arranged to show hours of varying length, 274 _ff._
Diana, temple of Ionic order, 15, 78;
temple of, at Ephesus, 78, 103, 198, 200, 288 _f._;
at Rome, 80, 124;
at Magnesia, 78, 198;
statue of, 62.
Diatonic mode, 140.
Diastyle temples, 78, 80;
proportions of columns in, 84;
Doric, 113.
[Greek: Diathyra], 188.
Dichalca, 74.
Diesis, 140.
Diminution in top of column, 84, 110.
Dining rooms, proportions of, 179, 181, 186;
Cyzicene, 186;
winter, 209 _f._
Dinocrates, 35 _f._
Diognetus, Rhodian architect, 315 _ff._
Diomede, 21.
Dionysodorus, 273.
Dioptra, 242.
Diphilus, 199.
Dipteral temple, 75, 78.
Displuviate cavaedium, 177.
Dissonant sites of theatres ([Greek: katêchountes]), 153.
Dnieper, 231.
Dog (constellation), 268.
Dolphin (constellation), 266.
Don (river), 231.
Doors, of temples, 118 _f._;
of dwellings, 178;
in theatres, 146.
Doorways of temples, proportions of, 117 _ff._
Doric order, 15;
proportions of, 109 _ff._;
doorways, 117;
temples of, 198.
Dorus, 102.
Drachma, 74.
Dyer's weed, 220.
Dyris (river), 231.
Dyrrachium, 235.
Eagle (constellation), 266.
Echea ([Greek: êcheia]), 9, 143 _ff._
Echinus, 93, 110, 122.
Economy, 16.
Education of the architect, 5 _ff._, 168 _f._
Egypt, 214, 231, 235, 269.
[Greek: Ekphora], 90.
Elements ([Greek: stoicheia]) and their proportions, 18 _ff._, 225.
Elephantis, 231.
Eleusis, 200.
[Greek: Helikê], 267.
Elpias of Rhodes, 21.
Empedocles, 225.
[Greek: Emplekton], 52.
Engines, 283; for raising water, 293 _ff._
Enharmonic mode, 140.
Ennius, 255.
[Greek: Entasis] of columns, 86.
Eolipiles, 25.
Ephesus, 103, 214, 215, 281;
temple of Diana at, 78, 198, 200.
Epicharmus, 225.
Epicurus, 42, 167, 195.
Epimachus, 316.
Equestrian Fortune, temple of, 80.
Eratosthenes of Cyrene, 12, 27, 28, 255.
Erythrae, 103.
Ethiopia, 231, 235.
Etruria (Tuscany), 48, 64, 235.
Eucrates, 168.
Euctemon, 269.
Eudoxus, 269, 273.
Eumenes, colonnades of, 154.
Euphranor, 199.
Euphrates, 231.
Euripides, 225;
buried in Macedonia, 238;
"Phaethon" of, 261.
Eurythmy, 14.
Eustyle temples, 78, 80 _f._;
proportions of columns in, 84.
Exedrae, 160, 179, 186, 211.
Exposure, proper for rooms, 180, _f._
Faberius, 216.
Falernian (wine), 236.
Fano, 63; basilica at, 134 _ff._
Farmhouses, 183 _f._
Fascia, 94;
of Attic doorway, 120.
Fauces, their dimensions, 178.
Faunus temple on the Island of the Tiber, 75.
Femur ([Greek: mêros]), 112.
Ferento, 50.
Fidenae, stone quarries at, 49.
Fir, qualities of, 60;
highland and lowland, 64 _f._
Fire, origin of, 38.
Fishes (constellation), 266.
Flaminius circus, 124.
Floors, 202 _ff._;
Greek method of making, 210;
of baths, 157, _f._
Flora, temple of Corinthian order, 15.
Flutes of columns, 96;
Doric, 113.
Folds for sheep and goats, 184.
Fondi, 236.
Foot equals four palms, or sixteen fingers, 74.
Fortune, temple of Equestrian, 80;
Three Fortunes, 75.
Forum, 131 _ff._
Foundations of temples, 86 _ff._;
of houses, 189 _ff._
Fresco painting, decadence of, 210 _ff._
Frieze, 94, 123.
Fuficius (architect), 199.
Fulcrum ([Greek: hypomochlion]), 290.
Ganges, 231.
[Greek: Ganôsis], 217.
Gaul, 220, 231.
Geras, inventor of shed for battering ram, 309.
Gilding, 215.
Gnomon, 257;
length of shadow at different places, 270.
Gnosus, 20, 200.
Gorgon's head (star group), 266.
Gortyna, 20.
Grain rooms, 184.
Greater Dog (constellation), 268.
Great Bear, 257;
([Greek: arktos] or [Greek: helikê]), 265.
Grecian Station, 56.
Greek houses, 185 _ff._
Green chalk ([Greek: theodoteion]), 214.
Grotta Rossa, stone quarries at, 49.
Guttae, 102, 110, 112.
Gynaeconitis, 186.
Gypsum not to be used for stucco work, 206.
Halicarnassus, 53, 54.
Harbinger of the Vintage (star), 265.
Harbours, 162 _ff._