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Excerpt from The Classical Journal, Vol. 25: For March and June, 1822
Pollo's temple, once among the most celebrated edifices of the world, to authorise a bare conjecture respecting its position. We may, however, suppose it to have been magnificent, as even the rebuilding of it by Spintharus (about 512 years before Christ) is said to have cost nearly three hundred talents. The Apollo Belvedere is thought to be a copy from the statue of the Delphic temple; and this original, in the opinion of the famous Canova, was of bronze - some circumstances, particularly in the drapery, indicating a style suitable to metal rather than to marble. Masses of ancient walls, and terraces with foundations of streets and houses, may yet be discovered among the ruins of Delphi many curiosities are undoubtedly buried under the modern village of Kastri, and numerous fragments of fine terra cotta vases are found in all their pristine freshness. Mr. D. Also discovered here some part of a marble statue, and was fortunate in procuring from the peasants several rare coins.
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