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he has clothed it, but such as he was again taught by the divine oracles, which speak clearly thus: And the glory of this latter house shall be greater than that of the former. 10.4.37 Therefore, having enclosed the entire space and made it much larger, he fortified the outer enclosure with a wall surrounding the whole, so that it might be a most secure defense for the entire structure; 10.4.38 and having thrown open a great and lofty gateway toward the very rays of the rising sun, he provided an abundant view of the interior even to those standing far outside the sacred precincts, all but turning the eyes of even those alien to the faith toward the first entrances, so that no one might pass by without first being pierced in soul by the memory of the former desolation and the present incredible wonder-working, by which he hoped that the person, being pierced, might perhaps be drawn and urged by the sight itself to enter. 10.4.39 But for one who had passed inside the gates, he did not immediately permit him to tread upon the inner sanctuaries with unholy and unwashed feet, but having set off a very large space between the temple and the first entrances, he adorned it on all sides with four transverse porticoes, enclosing the place in the shape of a quadrangle, with columns rising up on all sides; having enclosed the spaces between these with wooden lattice-work partitions of symmetrical height, he left the middle open to the sky as an atrium, providing brilliant air, open to the rays of light. 10.4.40 And here he placed symbols of sacred purification, constructing fountains opposite the front of the temple, which, with a great flow of water, provided cleansing for those proceeding inward from the sacred enclosures. And this was the first stopping-place for those entering, providing at once adornment and splendor to the whole, and a suitable station for those still in need of the first initiations. 10.4.41 But having passed beyond the sight of these, with yet more inner gateways he made the entrances to the temple open, placing again three gates on one side under the rays of the sun, having granted that the middle one should much exceed those on either side in height and in breadth, and having made it especially brilliant with panels of bronze bound with iron and with varied reliefs, he yoked the side-gates to it as bodyguards to a queen. 10.4.42 In the same way, having arranged the number of gateways for the porticoes on each side of the whole temple, he devised above these various openings into the building for more light, decorating the space around them also with fine woodwork. And the royal house itself he built up with richer and more lavish materials, employing a boundless liberality in expenditures. 10.4.43 At this point it seems to me to be superfluous to describe the length and breadth of the building, to recount in detail with words these brilliant beauties and the magnitudes beyond description, the glittering appearance of the works, both the towering heights and the costly cedars of Lebanon above them, of which the divine oracle has not been silent in mentioning, saying, "The trees of the Lord shall be glad, and the cedars of Lebanon which he planted." 10.4.44 Why should I now give an exact account of the all-wise and architectural arrangement and of the exceeding beauty of each part, when the testimony of the sight excludes learning through the ears? But having thus completed the temple, having adorned it with the highest thrones in honor of the presidents and furthermore with benches in order throughout as was fitting, and after all this, having placed the holy of holies, the altar, in the middle, again, this too, so that it might be inaccessible to the multitude, he fenced off with wooden lattice-work wrought with the highest degree of skillful craftsmanship, so as to present a marvelous sight to beholders. 10.4.45 But neither was the pavement, it seems, neglected by him; for this too he made brilliant with every kind of adornment of marble stone, and then finally he proceeded to the areas outside the temple, skillfully preparing very large exedrae and buildings on each side upon

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περιτέθεικεν, ἀλλ' ὁποίαν αὖθις παρὰ τῶν θείων χρησμῶν ἐξεπαιδεύετο, σαφῶς ὧδε λεγόντων καὶ ἔσται ἡ δόξα τοῦ οἴκου τούτου ἡ ἐσχάτη ὑπὲρ τὴν προτέραν. 10.4.37 ταύτῃ δ' οὖν πολὺ μείζονα τὸν χῶρον ἅπαντα περιλαβών, τὸν μὲν ἔξωθεν ὠχυροῦτο περίβολον τῷ τοῦ παντὸς περιτειχίσματι, ὡς ἂν ἀσφαλέστατον εἴη τοῦ παντὸς ἕρκος· 10.4.38 πρόπυλον δὲ μέγα καὶ εἰς ὕψος ἐπηρμένον πρὸς αὐτὰς ἀνίσχοντος ἡλίου ἀκτῖνας ἀναπετάσας, ἤδη καὶ τοῖς μακρὰν περιβόλων ἔξω ἱερῶν ἑστῶσιν τῆς τῶν ἔνδον παρέσχεν ἀφθονίαν θέας, μόνον οὐχὶ καὶ τῶν ἀλλοτρίων τῆς πίστεως ἐπὶ τὰς πρώτας εἰσόδους ἐπιστρέφων τὰς ὄψεις, ὡς ἂν μὴ παρατρέχοι τις ὅτι μὴ τὴν ψυχὴν κατανυγεὶς πρότερον μνήμῃ τῆς τε πρὶν ἐρημίας καὶ τῆς νῦν παραδόξου θαυματουργίας, ὑφ' ἧς τάχα καὶ ἑλκυσθήσεσθαι κατανυγέντα καὶ πρὸς αὐτῆς τῆς ὄψεως ἐπὶ τὴν εἴσοδον προτραπήσεσθαι ἤλπισεν. 10.4.39 εἴσω δὲ παρελθόντι πυλῶν οὐκ εὐθὺς ἐφῆκεν ἀνάγνοις καὶ ἀνίπτοις ποσὶν τῶν ἔνδον ἐπιβαίνειν ἁγίων, διαλαβὼν δὲ πλεῖστον ὅσον τὸ μεταξὺ τοῦ τε νεὼ καὶ τῶν πρώτων εἰσόδων, τέτταρσι μὲν πέριξ ἐγκαρσίοις κατεκόσμησεν στοαῖς, εἰς τετράγωνόν τι σχῆμα περιφράξας τὸν τόπον, κίοσι πανταχόθεν ἐπαιρομέναις· ὧν τὰ μέσα διαφράγμασι τοῖς ἀπὸ ξύλου δικτυωτοῖς ἐς τὸ σύμμετρον ἥκουσι μήκους περικλείσας, μέσον αἴθριον ἠφίει εἰς τὴν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κάτοψιν, λαμπρὸν καὶ ταῖς τοῦ φωτὸς ἀκτῖσιν ἀνειμένον ἀέρα παρέχων. 10.4.40 ἱερῶν δ' ἐνταῦθα καθαρσίων ἐτίθει σύμβολα, κρήνας ἄντικρυς εἰς πρόσωπον ἐπισκευάζων τοῦ νεὼ πολλῷ τῷ χεύματι τοῦ νάματος τοῖς περιβόλων ἱερῶν ἐπὶ τὰ ἔσω προϊοῦσιν τὴν ἀπόρυψιν παρεχομένας. καὶ πρώτη μὲν εἰσιόντων αὕτη διατριβή, κόσμον ὁμοῦ καὶ ἀγλαΐαν τῷ παντὶ τοῖς τε τῶν πρώτων εἰσαγωγῶν ἔτι δεομένοις κατάλληλον τὴν μονὴν παρεχομένη. 10.4.41 ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ τὴν τούτων θέαν παραμειψάμενος, πλείοσιν ἔτι μᾶλλον τοῖς ἐνδοτάτω προπύλοις τὰς ἐπὶ τὸν νεὼν παρόδους ἀναπεπταμένας ἐποίει, ὑπὸ μὲν ταῖς ἡλίου βολαῖς αὖθις τρεῖς πύλας ὑφ' ἓν καταθεὶς πλευρόν, ὧν πολὺ τὰς παρ' ἑκάτερα μεγέθει τε καὶ πλάτει πλεονεκτεῖν τῇ μέσῃ χαρισάμενος παραπήγμασί τε χαλκοῦ σιδηροδέτοις καὶ ποικίλμασιν ἀναγλύφοις διαφερόντως αὐτὴν φαιδρύνας, ὡς ἂν βασιλίδι ταύτῃ τοὺς δορυφόρους ὑπέζευξεν· 10.4.42 τὸν αὐτὸν δὲ τρόπον καὶ ταῖς παρ' ἑκάτερα τοῦ παντὸς νεὼ στοαῖς τὸν τῶν προπύλων ἀριθμὸν διατάξας, ἄνωθεν ἐπὶ ταύταις ἄλλῳ πλείονι φωτὶ διαφόρους τὰς ἐπὶ τὴν οἶκον εἰσβολὰς ἐπενόει, ταῖς ἀπὸ ξύλου λεπτουργίαις καὶ τὸν περὶ αὐτὰς κόσμον καταποικίλλων. τὸν δὲ βασίλειον οἶκον πλουσιωτέραις ἤδη καὶ δαψιλέσι ταῖς ὕλαις ὠχύρου, ἀφθόνῳ φιλοτιμίᾳ τῶν ἀναλωμάτων χρώμενος· 10.4.43 ἔνθα μοι δοκῶ περιττὸν εἶναι τοῦ δομήματος μήκη τε καὶ πλάτη καταγράφειν, τὰ φαιδρὰ ταῦτα κάλλη καὶ τὰ λόγου κρείττονα μεγέθη τήν τε τῶν ἔργων ἀποστίλβουσαν ὄψιν τῷ λόγῳ διεξιόντι ὕψη τε τὰ οὐρανομήκη καὶ τὰς τούτων ὑπερκειμένας πολυτελεῖς τοῦ Λιβάνου κέδρους, ὧν οὐδὲ τὸ θεῖον λόγιον τὴν μνήμην ἀπεσιώπησεν εὐφρανθήσεται φάσκον τὰ ξύλα τοῦ κυρίου, καὶ αἱ κέδροι τοῦ Λιβάνου ἃς ἐφύτευσεν. 10.4.44 τί με δεῖ νῦν τῆς πανσόφου καὶ ἀρχιτεκτονικῆς διατάξεως καὶ τοῦ κάλλους τῆς ἐφ' ἑκάστου μέρους ὑπερβολῆς ἀκριβολογεῖσθαι τὴν ὑφήγησιν, ὅτε τῆς ὄψεως τὴν διὰ τῶν ὤτων ἀποκλείει μάθησιν ἡ μαρτυρία; ἀλλὰ γὰρ ὧδε καὶ τὸν νεὼν ἐπιτελέσας θρόνοις τε τοῖς ἀνωτάτω εἰς τὴν τῶν προέδρων τιμὴν καὶ προσέτι βάθροις ἐν τάξει τοῖς καθ' ὅλου κατὰ τὸ πρέπον κοσμήσας ἐφ' ἅπασίν τε τὸ τῶν ἁγίων ἅγιον θυσιαστήριον ἐν μέσῳ θείς, αὖθις καὶ τάδε, ὡς ἂν εἴη τοῖς πολλοῖς ἄβατα, τοῖς ἀπὸ ξύλου περιέφραττε δικτύοις εἰς ἄκρον ἐντέχνου λεπτουργίας ἐξησκημένοις, ὡς θαυμάσιον τοῖς ὁρῶσιν παρέχειν τὴν θέαν. 10.4.45 ἀλλ' οὐδὲ τοὔδαφος ἄρα εἰς ἀμελὲς ἔκειτο αὐτῷ· καὶ τόδε γοῦν λίθῳ μαρμάρῳ εὖ μάλα κόσμῳ παντὶ λαμπρύνας, ἤδη λοιπὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἐκτὸς τοῦ νεὼ μετῄει, ἐξέδρας καὶ οἴκους τοὺς παρ' ἑκάτερα μεγίστους ἐπισκευάζων ἐντέχνως ἐπὶ