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At the end of the bridge you'll be thrown into a battle with a ton of those 
flying nuisances and a couple of gorgons, defeat them all to open up the 
blocked paths.  There's a scene here as well afterward, when it's over climb 
the stairs and grab the chests on the left and right side of the temple 
entrance for a Gorgon Eye and a Phoenix Feather.  Inside the actual temple run 
to the top end and grab the staties there, you can pull them out to reveal two 
chests, both multicoloured.  These statues actually serve a purpose, you may 
have noticed by now that the swarm of harpies is literally unending, and for 
that reason you cannot continue any further (you'll see why if you climb the 
stairs.)  What you need to do is drag the left statues down and use it to 
block the left hole, then drag the right statue down and use it to block the 
right hole.  Now take out any remaining harpies and voila, you're free.  Take 
the lower left gate next to yet another multicoloured chest and lift it up.  
Before going up the stairs jump up onto the ledge to your right, here you will 
find a chest with another Gorgon Eye.  On the adjacent side there's a chest 
full of red orbs.  Now climb the stairs and begin to make your way across the 
ceiling beams Head left to find one at the end leading up that doesn't 
collapse then follow along to the right until you find another one.  Head up 
and jump off beside the save point here.  Save your game and head left.

Follow this hallway all the way to the end past the normal enemies and watch 
the scene there.  All right here's what you need to do.  First of all head 
right and notice that there is an elevator there that goes down when you stand 
on it.  Beside the door where you came from are two statues.  What you need to 
do is go and get one of those statues and then place it on the elevator.  Now 
after doing that go and get the other and set it beside the elevator but not 
on it.  Stand on the elevator so that it goes down but jump back so you don't 
go with it.  When the elevator hits the bottom push the second statue on top 
of the first one.  Now jump down yourself and drag it off the elevator.  
Notice that in the background there is a large platform held up by four pillar 
and beside it a smaller structure with a treasure chest on top containing red 
orbs.  Well here's the first thing to do.  Push the pillar over to these two 
structures and place it on the right side a good few feet from the tall thing.  
In order to follow this you'll need to have an idea of what I'm trying to do.  
If you double jump into the air to the right of these two structures you 
should see two treasure chests up top of the rock ledge.  Well what you need 
to do is jump onto the small structure with the chest, and from there jump 
onto the taller platform.  Now from here jump over to your two-story statue 
and then to the rock ledge with the two chests, trust me, it works.

After opening all the chests drop down.  Make your way around in a clockwise 
direction staying alongside the walls, you'll notice two place where there is 
a cracked wall surrounded by a kind of archway.  Break these cracked walls 
with normal attacks to reveal two chests, one with a Gorgon Eye and then other 
with red orbs.  Now it's time to save that stupid lady.  Drag the statue 
pillar over to the left side in between the tall platform and the fountaing.  
Now jump up and get on top of the tall platform via the smaller one and jump 
to your pillar.  From here you can jump across and grab hold of the vines.  As 
you start to shimmy across to the left a scene occurs and a time limit starts.

You have approximately 70 seconds to get from here to saving the girl, before 
you start I'll dispell your main worries and say that if you fail you'll 
automatically restart at the beginning of the timed challenge so don't worry 
too much.  Head across the vines and position yourself for a jump, be sure to 
wait for each rotation of these things to finish before you actually make the 
jump yourself.  Use techniques like the sideways and upward jump to get across 
the vines faster.  Double jump from the highest vine to reach the rope and 
swing across to the other side.  You'll need to balance along the thin beams 
here but you can save time by double jumping when you're about half way there.  
Jump across to the rope and from the rope to the large fountain, when you move 
toward the girl a scene automatically cuts in.  Now leave through the door.

When you come out you'll find a save point and have the choice of two paths.  
If you take the stairs up beside the save point it's a long path leading to a 
large emblem and a cliff.  The main reason to come up here is the treasure 
chest behind the emblem containing a Phoenix Feather.  Return to the save 
point and head right across the large sword.  Descend the enormous spiral 
staircase and open the chest at the bottom to get another Phoenix Feather.  
When you jump over the barrier here you're officially down in the sewers.