Greek Architecture vocab

corince

1

Frieze

2

architrave

3

capital

4

column

5

entablature

6

stereobate

7

base

8

Doric echinus

9

Doric abacus

10

Doric triglyph

11

Doric metope

12

Ionic Volute

13

Continuous frieze

14

Colonnade

series of row of columns usually spanned by lintels 

peristyle

row of columns that surrounds all four sides

facade

usually front of building

tympanum

the triangular space enclosed by the horizontal and raking cornices of a Pediment, often recessed and decorated with sculpture.

stylobate

a course of masonry forming the foundation for a row of columns, esp. the outermost colonnade of a classical temple

stereobate

a solid mass of masonry visible above ground level and serving as the foundation of a building, esp. the platform forming the floor and substructure of a classical temple.