PARTS OF PARTHENON

Acroterion

An ornament at the angles of a pediment.

Tympanum

The triangular space within a pediment.

Cornice

The projecting, decorated molding along the top of a building.

Frieze

The part of an entablature between the architrave and cornice, often decorated with sculpture.

Architrave

The lowest part of an entablature, resting directly on the columns.

Triglyph

A tablet in a Doric frieze with three vertical grooves.

Metope

A rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.

Tenia

A small, flat molding.

Guttae

Small, cone-shaped projections under the triglyphs and mutules of a Doric entablature.

Capital

The topmost member of a column, mediating between the column and the load.

Flutings

Vertical grooves or channels in the shaft of a column.

Abacus

A flat slab forming the top of a column capital.

Echinus

A rounded molding below the abacus of a Doric capital.

Annules

Small rings or bands around a column.

Entasis

A slight convex curve in the shaft of a column, used to correct the visual illusion of concavity produced by a straight shaft.

Shaft

The main part of a column, between the base and the capital.

Stylobate

The top step of the base of a Greek temple, on which the columns stand.

Entablature

The superstructure of moldings and bands which lies horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals.

Column

A vertical support consisting of a base, shaft, and capital.