THESEUM, ERECHTHEUM, AND OTHER WORKS. 157 Fig. 157. — Nike Temple : Painted Decoration. an anta capital exactly like ours and figured 19.SS wide. A note with it says "the capital of a pilaster in the wall of a bastion fronting the Propy- Iffia . . . (?) with the frieze with basso relievos. In a book with a marbled cover said to be the capital of an anta of the Temple of Victory without Wings." We thus have at the Museum the anta capital, the angle cap which stood in front of it, and lengths of the frieze. It would be easy to associate these together in their proper relation and thus make an important spe- cimen of Greek architecture. It is evident that Lord Elgin set himself to "col- lect " represen- tative details of the chief build- ings of the Acropolis. Around the platform of the Nike temple was a balus- trade of sculp- tured slabs. Fig. 158.— Nike Temple : Painted Decoration.
