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Each side of this shrine was a monolith, and a square of sixty feet (τούτοισι, ‘in these respects,’ i. e. height and length). These dimensions seem incredible, both on general grounds and because the shrine would be the same height as the portico. For a still existing monolith shrine set up by Amasis cf. 175. 3 n.

παροροφίδα: probably not the projecting cornice of the roof but the ‘gable’ (τὸ μεταξὺ τοῦ ὀρόφου καὶ τοῦ στέγους, Poll. i. 81).

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