The Ten Books on Architecture, 4.1.5

Vitruvius  translated by Joseph Gwilt

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5which received the appellation of Ionian from their leader Ion, after the Carians and Lelegæ had been driven out. In this country, allotting different spots for sacred purposes, they began to erect temples, the first of which was dedicated to Apollo Panionios, and resembled that which they had seen in Achaia, and they gave it the name of Doric, because they had first seen that species in the cities of Doria.

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