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The architecture of Marcus Vitruvius Pollio, in ten books / transl. from the Latin by Joseph Gwilt
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gods are not all to be constructed in the same manner,the worship and sacred rites of each being different. Ihave, according to the rules taught to me, explained thedifferent principles on which temples are constructed, thedifferent orders and symmetry of their detail, whereinand how they respectively differ ; and this I have writ-ten to the best of my ability. I shall now describethe altars of the immortal gods, and their situation asadapted to sacrifices.