CHAPTER XX

. THE FORUM TRIANGULARE AND THE GREEK TEMPLE

_Excavation of the Forum and the temple_ (1767-1797): FIORELLI, Pomp. ant. hist., vol. 1, pt. 1, pp. 211, 276, 285, 286, 297, 307, 308, pt. 2, pp. 63-65.

_Remains of the temple, restoration_: MAZOIS, Les ruines de Pompei, vol. 3, pp. 17-22, pl. 8-10. Especially attractive are the sketches and restorations given by WEICHARDT, Pompeji vor der Zerstoerung, pp. 17-33, pl. 1, 2 (reproduced in our pl. 3), and 3. The best description of the remains of the temple is given by KOLDEWEY and PUCHSTEIN, Die griechischen Tempel in Unteritalien und Sicilien (Berlin, 1899), pp. 45-49 and pl. 5; their conclusions are criticised by MAU, Roem. Mitth., vol. 15 (1900), pp. 126-128. See also VON DUHN and JACOBI, Der griechische Tempel in Pompeji (Heidelberg, 1890); SOGLIANO, Il tempio nel Foro triangolare di Pompei, Mon. dei Lincei, vol. 1 (1890), pp. 189-200; both these contributions are reviewed by MAU, Roem. Mitth., vol. 6 (1891), pp. 258-267.

_The colonnade contained ninety-five Doric columns_ [p. 135]: there were in addition two half-columns at the south end; Plan III in this respect is inexact. The number of columns is often given as one hundred.

_Inscriptions of the sundial and the pedestal_ [p. 136]: C. I. L. X. 831, 832.

_Number of columns in the temple front uneven_ [p. 137]: the steps are too broad for one intercolumniation, and must have been designed for two, as indicated in Fig. 62.

_Human bones found in the enclosure_ [p. 139]: ROMANELLI, Viaggio a Pompei (1811), p. 104 (Edit. 2, 1817, p. 182), "Vi furono trovati molti avanzi di cadaveri sepolti." Excavations made here at the suggestion of Professor Mau brought to light few traces of bones.

_Oscan inscription_ [p. 139]: ZVETAIEFF, Sylloge inscriptionum Oscarum (Leipzig, 1868), no. 69 and pl. 13; VON PLANTA, Grammatik der Oskisch-Umbrischen Inschriften, vol. 2, p. 501; CONWAY, Italic Dialects, vol. 1, p. 63.

_Oscan inscription_ [p. 140]: see references below, pp. 530-531.

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