Green Archaeology, Temple and Daedalic sculpture Terms

cella

main room of a temple, where the cult statue was placed

naos

main room of a temple where the cult statue was placed

pronaos

front porch of a temple

opisthodomos

rear porch of a temple. Inaccessible from the cella/naos

peristyle

colonnade surrounding a building or court

peripteral

surrounded by a row of columns

metope

element of decoration usually found on the exterior of a structure, square in shape and often decorated

stoa

long rectangular colonnaded structure found often in sanctuaries and agoras a

agora

market place of a greek city

Kouros

standing nude male sculpture

Dedo

decoration at the base of a building

polygonal pavement

pavement made of polygonal stone slabs

capital

upper part of a column

list the two types of capitals:

aeolic and mushroom