Temple Layout: Religion & The City: Temples: Classical Civilization: GCSE (9:1)

naos

room in which the statue of the god was kept

pronaos

porch

opisthodomos

back porch

peristyle

encircling colonnade surrounding the naos along with its pronaod in front and the balancing opisthodomos behind

stylobate

top step of platform

fluted

columns with vertical channels carved in shafts

entablature

horizontal band consisting of architrave, frieze, and cornice

Doric order

-strong, simple, massive

-capitals are simple

-triglyphs (vertically grooved rectangles whose appearance was reminiscent of beam ends)

-metopes (rectangles which could be plan, painted, or sculpted)

Ionic order

-more delicate and ornate

-volutes surmounted by abacus

-frieze undivided

-proportions treated more freely

Corinthian order

even more elaborate

frieze

comic strip style decoration around the inside top of the temple