The Ten Books on Architecture
Harmonics, 139 _ff._
Hegesias, 241.
He-Goat (constellation), 266.
Helepolis of Epimachus, 316 _f._
Hellen, 102.
Hemisphere (sun dial), 273.
Heptabolus, lake, 231.
Heptagonus, lake, 231.
Heraclea, 289.
Heraclitus of Ephesus, 42, 225.
Hercules, Doric order appropriate to, 15;
site of temple of, 31;
cellae of temple of, 53;
Pompey's temple of, 80.
Hermodorus, temple of Jupiter Stator, 78.
Hermogenes, 109;
temple of Diana by, 78;
determined rules of symmetry for eustyle temples, 82.
Herodotus, 241.
Herring-bone pattern, 203.
Hierapolis, boiling springs at, 236.
Hiero, 253 _f._
Hinge-stiles, 118.
Hipparchus, 269.
Hippocrates, 11.
Hodometer, 301 _ff._
Hoisting machines, 285.
Homer, 197.
Hornbeam, 61.
Horse (constellation), 266.
Hostilius, Marcus, 21.
Hot springs, 232;
healing properties of, 233 _f._
Hours, how marked by clocks, 274.
House, origin of, 38 _f._;
early types of, 39 _f._;
style of, determined by climate, 170 _f._
Hypaethral temple, 14, 75, 78.
Hypanis, 214, 236.
Hysginum, 220.
Ictinus, 198, 200.
Iliad and Odyssey, 197.
Ilium, 237.
Incertum opus, 51.
India, 231.
India ink, 217, 218.
Indigo, substitute for, 220.
Indus, 231.
Iollas, 238.
Ion, 103.
Ionic order, 15;
proportions of, 90 _ff._;
doorways of, 118;
temples of, 198, 200.
Isis, site of temple of, 31.
Ismuc, 240.
Isodomum, 52.
Isthmian games, 251.
Italy, 48, 53, 131, 145, 173, 214, 231, 239.
Jaffa, 235.
Jambs, proportions of, 117.
Juba, King, 240.
Julius, Caius, son of Masinissa, 240.
Juno, Ionic order appropriate to, 15;
site for temple of, 31;
precinct at Argolis, 102;
Doric temple of, in Samos, 198.
Jupiter, temple of, 14, 199;
site for temple of, 31;
cellae of temple, 53;
temple on Island of the Tiber, 75;
altars of, 125.
Jupiter (planet), 258, 260, 261, 262.
Kids (constellation), 266.
Kitchen, 183.
Kneeler (constellation), 266.
Knotwood, 60.
[Greek: Kynosoura], 267.
Lacedaemonians, 7.
Laconicum, 159.
Lacunar (sun dial), 273.
Language, origin of, 38.
Larch, 62 _f._
Larignum, 62, 63.
Law governing architects at Ephesus, 281.
Lead pipes poisonous, 247.
Lebedos, 103.
Lemnos, 214.
Leochares, 54, 199.
Leonidas, 199.
Lesbos, 25, 236.
Levelling instruments, 242 _f._
Lever, explanation of, 290 _f._
Libraries, 181, 186.
Licymnius, 212 _f._
Lighting of rooms, how to test, 185.
Lime, 45 _f._;
slaking of, for stucco, 204.
Linden, 60.
Lintels, height of, 117.
Lion (constellation), 268.
Liparis (river), 235.
Little Dog (constellation), 268.
Liver examined to determine site of towns, 20.
[Greek: Logeion], scenic and thymelic, 151; dimensions of, 151.
Logotomus, 272.
Lucania, 237.
Lucretius, 256.
Lyncestus, acid springs of, 238.
Lyre (constellation), 267.
Lysippus, 69.
Macedonia, 217, 238.
Machines, 283 _ff._;
for defence, 315 _ff._
Maeonia, wine of, 236.
Magi, 225.
Magnesia, 78, 214, 240;
temple of Diana at, 198.
Malachite green, 213;
where found, 217;
substitute for, 220.
Mamertine (wine), 236.
Marble, powdered for stucco work, 206, 213 _f._;
where quarried, 289.
Marius' temple of Honour and Valour, 78.
Mars, temple should be Doric, 15;
site of temple of, 31.
Mars (planet), 259 _f._, 262.
Marseilles, siege of, 318.
Maurusia (Mauretania), 231.
Mausoleum, 54, 199.
Mausolus, 53 _ff._
Mazaca, lake near, petrifies reeds, etc., 235.
Medicine, architect should know, 10.
Medulli have springs which produce goitre, 239.
Melampus, 199, 239.
Melas of Argos, 54.
Melas (river), 237.
Melassa, 54.
Melian white, 214.
Melite, 103.
Melos, 214.
Menaeus, 272.
Mercury, site of temple of, 31;
temple of, 54.
Mercury (planet), 258, 259.
Meroë, 231.
Mesauloe, 187.
Metagenes, 198, 200, 288.
Metellus, portico of, 78.
Meto, 269.
Metopes ([Greek: metopê]), 94, 108, 110;
size of, 112;
arrangement of, in Doric temples, 113.
Metrodorus, 241.
Miletus, 103, 200, 269.
Milo of Croton, 251.
Minerva, temple should be Doric, 15;
site of temple, 31;
temple at Sunium, 124;
at Priene, 11, 198;
at Athens, 198.
Minidius, Publius, 3.
Mithridates, 154.
Modes of music, 140 _ff._
Moon, 258; phases of, 262 _f._
Mortar, consistency of, for stucco work, 206 _f._;
of burnt brick, 209.
Motion, elements of, 290 _ff._
Mouldings for stucco work, 206.
Mucius, C., temple of Honour and Valour, 78, 200.
Mummius, Lucius, 145.
Muses, 253;
fountain of, 232.
Music useful to architect, 8.
Mutules, 102, 108;
of Tuscan temples, 122.
Myager the Phocaean, 70.
Myron, 11, 69.
Mysia the "Burnt District," 47.
Mytilene, 25.
Myus, 103.
Nemean games, 251.
Neptune, spring of, 237.
Nexaris, 199.
Nile, 36, 231;
temples on, should face the river, 117.
Nonacris, "Water of the Styx," 238.
Notes, names of, 141 _f._
Number, perfect, 73 _f._
Nymphodorus, 199.
Nymphs, temple of Corinthian order, 15.
Oak, 60;
in floors, 202.
Obols, 74.
Ochre ([Greek: ôchra]), 214.
Oeci, distinction between Corinthian and Egyptian, 179;
Cyzicene, 180.
Oil room, 184.
Olympian games, 251.
[Greek: Opai], 108.
Opus incertum, 51;
reticulatum, 51;
Signinum, 247 _f._
Orchestra, reserved for senators, 146;
of Greek theatre, 151.
Order appropriate to temples, 15;
origin of different orders, 102 _ff._
Organ, water, 299 _f._
[Greek: Organon], 283.
Orientation of streets, 24 _ff._;
of temples, 116 _f._
Orion (constellation), 268.
Ornaments of the orders, 107 _ff._
Orpiment ([Greek: arsenikon]), 214.
Ostrum, source of purple dye, 220.
Paconius, 289.
Paeonius of Ephesus, 200.
Palaestra, 159 _ff._
Palla, stone quarries at, 49.
Panels of doors, 118.
Paphlagonia, intoxicating springs of, 239.
[Greek: Paradromides], 188.
Paraetonium, 235;
white, 214.
Parapet of theatre, dimensions of, 148.
Parmenio, 273.
Paros, 289.
Pastas, 186.
Patras, cellae of temple built of brick, 53.
Patrocles, 273.
Pausanias, son of Agesipolis, 7.
Peiraeus, 234;
naval arsenal at, 198.
Peisistratus, 199.
Pelecinum (sun dial), 273.
Penne, 234.
Pentaspast (hoisting machine), 285.
Pergamus, 196.
Peripteral temple, 75 _f._
Peristyle, 186;
decorations of, 210 _f._;
proportions of, 179;
Rhodian, 186.
Peritreti, 303 _f._
Perseus (constellation), 266.
Persian Porch, 7.
Persians, statues of, 8 _f._
Perspective, commentaries on by Agatharcus, Anaxagoras, and Democritus, 198.
Pesaro, 63.
Pharax of Ephesus, 70.
Phasis, 231.
Phidias, 69.
Philippus (physicist), 269.
Philip son of Amyntas, 310.
Philo, 198, 200;
of Byzantium, 199.
Philolaus of Tarentum, 12.
Philosophy, why useful to architect, 8.
Phocaea, 103.
Phrygia, 236.
Phthia, 102.
Picenum, 49.
Picture galleries, 179, 186.
Piles, of alder, 61;
olive, or oak, 88.
[Greek: Pinax] of water organ, 299.
Pine, 61.
Pixodorus discovers marble near Ephesus, 289;
his name changed to Evangelus, 290.
Planets, 257 _ff._;
their retrograde movement, 260 _f._
Plataea, battle of, 7.
Plato, 195, 251;
rule for doubling the square, 252.
[Greek: Pleiades], 189.
Plinthium (sun dial), 273.
[Greek: Pneumatikon], 283.
Po, 231.
Podium of theatre, height of, 148.
Pollis, 199.
[Greek: Poloi] (pivots of heaven), 257.
Polus (star), 267.
Polycles of Ephesus, 70.
Polyclitus, 11, 69.
Polyidus, 199, 310.
Polyspast (hoisting machine), 288.
Pompeian pumice, 47.
Pompey, colonnades of, 154;
temple of Hercules, 80.
Pontic wax, 216, 217.
Pontus, 214, 220, 231, 236.
Poplar, 60.
Pormus, 199.
Posidonius, 241.
Pothereus (river), 20.
Pozzolana, 46 _f._
Praxiteles, 199.
Pressing room, 183 _f._
Priene, 103;
Temple of Minerva at, 11, 198.
Primordial substance, 42.
Prison, location of, 137.
Proconnesus, 289.
Pronaos, 114 _ff._, 120.
Proportions, 72, 174 _f._;
of circular temples, 123 _f._;
of colonnades, 154 _f._;
of columns and intercolumniations, 78 _ff._, 116;
of the Corinthian order, 106 _f._;
of doorways of temples, 117 _ff._;
of Doric temples, 109 _ff._;
of the Ionic order, 90 _ff._;
of rooms, 176 _ff._
Propriety, 14 _ff._
Proscaenium of Greek theatre, 151.
Proserpine temple of Corinthian order, 15;
temple of, 200.
[Greek: Pros pan klima] (sun dial), 273.
[Greek: Pros ta historoumena] (sun dial), 273.
Prostas, 186.
Prostyle, 75.
Proteus, daughters of, 239.
Prothyra, 188.
Protropum (wine), 236.
[Greek: Protrygêtês] (star), 265.
Pseudisodomum, 52.
Pseudodipteral temple, 75, 78, 82.
Pseudoperipteral temples, 125.
Pteroma, 82, 114, 125.
Ptolemy, 196, 197;
Philadelphus, 197.
Public buildings, sites of, 31 _f._
Pump of Ctesibius, 297 _f._
Purple, 213, 219; substitutes for, 220 _f._
Puzzuoli, 218.
Pycnostyle temples, 78 _f._;
proportions of columns in, 84.
Pyrrus, 199.
Pythagoras, 42, 130, 225, 251, 269;
right triangle of, 252 _f._
Pytheos, 11, 109, 198, 199.
Pythian games, 251.
Quarries of Grotta Rosa, Palla, Fidenae, Campania,
Umbria, Picenum, Tivoli, Amiternum, Venetia, Tarquinii,
Lake of Bolsena, Ferento, 49, 50.
Quicksilver, 215 _ff._
Quirinus, temple of, 78.
Quiver (sun dial), 273.
Rainwater, 229 _ff._
Ram, battering, 309 _f._;
Hegetor's, 314 _f._
Ram (constellation), 266.
Raven (constellation), 268.
Raven, a machine of no value, 310 _f._
Ravenna, 21, 61, 63.
Reduction of columns, 114.
Refraction explained, 175.
Resin, soot of, used to make black, 218.
Resonant sites of theatres ([Greek: antêchountes]), 153.
Retaining walls, 190 _f._
Reticulatum opus, 51.
Retrogression of planets, 261.
Rhine, 231.
Rhodes, 55 _f._, 167, 219, 220;
length of shadow of gnomon at, 270;
siege of, 316 _f._
Rhone, 231.
River (constellation), 268.
Rivers rise in the north, 231.
Rome, 63, 64, 78, 80, 145, 217;
site of, determined by divine intelligence, 174;
length of shadow of gnomon at, 270.
Romulus, hut of, 40.
Roofs, of mud, 39 _f._;
timbers of, 107;
of Tuscan temples, 122;
of circular temples, 124.
Rooms, proportions of, 176 _ff._;
proper exposure for, 180 _f._;
should be suited to station of the owner, 181 _f._
Round Building at Delphi, 198.
Salmacis, spring of, 54.
Salpia in Apulia, 21.
Sambuca illustrates effect of climate on voice, 171.
Samos, 12, 103, 263, 269, 273;
Doric temple of Juno in, 198.
Sand, 44 _f._, 48.
Sandarach, 214; made from white lead, 219.
Sardis, 53.
Sarnacus, 199.
Saturn (planet), 260, 261, 262.
Satyrus, 199.
Scaena of theatre, 146;
dimensions of, 148;
scheme of, 150;
decorations of, 150;
of theatre at Tralles, 212.
Scale, musical, 141.
Scaling machine, 311.
Scamilli impares, 89, 155, 320.
Scaphe (sun dial), 273.
Scopas, 199.
Scopinas, 12, 273.
Scorpion (constellation), 266.
Scorpiones, rules for making, 303 _ff._
Scotia, 90, 112.
Scutula of ballistae, 306 _f._
Seats in theatre, dimensions of, 148.
Selinusian chalk ([Greek: isatis]), 220.
Semiramis, 235.
Senate house, location of, 137.
Septentriones (She-Bears), 267.
Septimius, P., 199.
Serapis, site of temple of, 31.
Serpent (constellation), 266.
Serpent-holder (constellation), 266.
Sesterce, 74.
She-Goat (constellation), 266.
Ship, motion of, explained, 291.
Shipyards, 164.
Sicily, 236.
Siege machines, 309 _ff._
Signinum work, 247 _f._