The Ten Books on Architecture
Signs of the Zodiac, 258;
sun's course through, 264 _f._;
shown on dials, 276 _f._
Silanion, 199.
Silenus, on the proportions of Doric structures, 198.
Simae ([Greek: epaietides]), 96, 108.
Sinope, 214.
Smyrna, 197, 214;
Stratoniceum at, 154.
Snake (constellation), 268.
Socrates, 69, 70, 195.
Soli, 235.
Soracte, stone quarries of, 49.
Sounding vessels in the theatre, 143 _ff._
Southern Fish (constellation), 267.
Spain, 214;
cinnabar mines of, 217.
Sparta, paintings on brick walls at, 53.
Spica (star), 265.
Stables, 184, 186.
Statonia, 50.
Steelyard, description of, 291.
Steps of temples odd in number, 88.
Stereobates, 88.
Stone, 48, 49 _f._
Stratoniceum, 154.
Streets, directions of, 24.
Stucco, 204 _ff._;
in damp places, 208 _ff._
Stucco-workers, Greek, 208.
Stylobates, 88.
Substructures of houses, 189 _ff._
Sulphur springs, 233 _f._
Sun, 258 _f._;
course of, through the twelve signs, 264 _f._
Sundials, 273 _ff._;
how designed, 270 _ff._
Sunium, temple of Pallas at, 124.
Susa, spring at, 240.
Syene, 231.
Symmetry, 14;
in temples and in the human body, 72 _f._;
modifications to suit site, 174 _ff._
Syracuse, 273.
Syria, 231, 235, 237.
Systyle temples, 78 _f._;
proportions of columns in, 84;
Doric, 113.
Tablinum, proportions of, 178.
Tarentum, 12, 255;
length of shadow of gnomon at, 270.
Tarquinii, 50.
Tarsus, 234, 240.
Teano, acid springs of, 238.
Telamones, 188.
Teleas of Athens, 70.
[Greek: Teleion] (perfect number), 73 _f._
Tempering of iron, 18.
Temples, classification of, 75 _ff._;
circular, 122 _ff._;
Corinthian, 102 _f._;
Doric, 109 _ff._;
Ionic, 90 _ff._;
Tuscan, 120;
foundations of, 86 _ff._;
orientation of, 116 _f._;
proportion of columns of, 78 _ff._;
sites of, 31 _f._;
Aesculapius, 15, 198;
Apollo, 31, 78, 80, 200;
Bacchus, 15, 31, 82, 109, 198;
Castor, 124;
Ceres, 32, 80, 200;
Diana, 15, 78, 80, 103, 124, 198, 200, 288 _f._;
Equestrian Fortune, 80;
Faunus, 75;
Flora, 15;
Three Fortunes, 75;
Hercules, 15, 31, 53, 80;
Isis, 31;
Juno, 15, 31, 198;
Jupiter, 14, 31, 53, 75, 199;
Honour and Valour, 78, 200;
Mars, 15, 31;
Mercury, 31, 54;
Minerva, 11, 15, 31, 124, 198;
Nymphs, 15;
Proserpine, 15, 200;
Quirinus, 78;
Serapis, 31;
Vejovis, 124;
Venus, 15, 31, 54;
Vulcan, 31.
Teos, 103;
temple of Bacchus at, 82, 198.
Terracina, 236, 237.
Testudinate cavaedium, 177.
Tetrachords, 140 _ff._
Tetrastyle cavaedium, 176.
Thalamos, 186.
Thales, 42, 195, 225, 269.
Thasos, 289.
Theatre, 137 _ff._;
site of, 137;
foundations of, 138 _f._;
entrances to, 138, 148;
plan of Roman, 146 _ff._;
plan of Greek, 151 _ff._;
sounding vessels in, 143 _f._;
acoustics of site of, 153 _ff._
Thebes in Egypt, 231.
Themistocles, colonnade of, 154.
Theo of Magnesia, 70.
Theocydes, 199.
Theodorus, 198.
Theodorus the Phocian, 198.
Theodosius, 273.
Theodotus, 214.
Theophrastus, 167, 241.
Thessaly, 237.
Thrace, 237.
[Greek: Thyrôreion], 186.
Tiber, 231.
Tigris, 231.
Timaeus, 241.
Timavo, 231.
Timber, 58 _ff._
Timotheus, 54, 199.
Tivoli, 233; stone quarries of, 49.
Tortoise, 311 _ff._;
of battering ram, 310;
Hegetor's, 312 _ff._
Torus, 90.
Towers, construction of, 22 _f._;
dimensions of moveable, 310.
Tralles, 212;
palace of brick at, 53;
colonnades at, 154;
temple of Aesculapius at, 198.
Treasury, location of, 137.
Trichalca, 74.
Triglyphs, origin of, 107 _ff._;
arrangement of, 109 _f._, 113;
size of, 112.
Trispast (hoisting machine), 285.
[Greek: Trochilos] (scotia), 90.
Troezen, 54, 234.
Troy, 195, 211, 237.
Trypho, Alexandrine architect, 317 _f._
Tufa, its qualities, 49.
Tuscan, cavaedium, 176;
temples, 120 _f._
Twins (constellation), 266.
Tyana, 235.
Tympanum, 96, 122;
water tympanum, 293.
Tyre, 309.
Ulysses, 211.
Universe, definition of, 257.
Varro, M. Terentius, 199, 256.
Vaultings, 205 _ff._
Vejovis, temple of, 124.
Velian country, acid springs of, 238.
Venter ([Greek: koilia]), 245.
Venus, Corinthian order appropriate to, 15;
site of temple of, 31;
temple of, 54.
Venus (planet), 259.
Verdigris, 219.
Vergiliae, 189.
Vermilion, 213, 215;
preparation of, 216.
Vesta, altar of, 125.
Vestorius, 218.
Vesuvius, 46, 47.
Via Campana, 238.
Vinegar a solvent of rocks, 239.
Violets used for purple colour, 220.
Virgin (constellation), 265.
Vitruvius, education, 13, 168;
personal appearance, 36;
method of writing, 197 _ff._;
military service, 3;
his basilica at Fano, 134 _ff._
Voice, defined, 138 _f._;
pitch of, determined by climate, 171.
Volutes, 93.
Voussoirs, 190.
Vulcan, site of temple of, 31.
Walks, how to be constructed, 156;
serve practical purpose, 156.
Walls, material for, 24;
methods of building, 51 _ff._, 56;
of brick are durable, 53;
of rubble, 53.
Warden (constellation), 265.
Water (constellation), 268.
Water, 225 _ff._;
indispensable, 226;
how to find, 227 _ff._;
properties of, 232 _ff._;
tests of good, 242;
methods of conducting, 244 _ff._
Water clocks, 273 _ff._
Waterman (constellation), 266.
Water organ, 299 _f._
Water pipes, 244 _ff._
Water screw, 295 _ff._
Water wheels, 294.
Wattle and daub, 57 _f._
Weather prognostics, 269 _ff._
Wells, 244 _ff._
Whale (constellation), 267.
Wheel (treadmill), 286 _f._
White lead, 219, 238 _f._
Willow, 60.
Winds, names and number of, 26 _ff._;
diagrams of, 29 _f._;
orientation of cities with reference to, 24 _ff._
Wine, given its flavour by soil and water, 236;
lees used to make black, 218.
Wine rooms, 184.
Xanthus, 237.
Xenia, 187.
Xenophanes, 195, 269.
[Greek: Xystos], 161, 188.
Xuthus, 103.
Xysta ([Greek: paradromides]), 161, 188.
Yellow ochre, 220.
Zacynthus, 235.
Zama, 240.
Zea, spring at, 239 _f._
Zeno, 195.
Zodiac, 257 _ff._
Zoilus (Homeromastix), 197.