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Propylaea

A monumental entrance to the Acropolis

Pinacotheca

A picture gallery. The name is specifically used for the building containing pictures which formed the left wing of propylaea on the Acropolis at Athens, Greece.

Erechtheion

Temple that is not symmetrical. Ionic grace and made of maiden structures called Caryatids. Dedicated to worship Athena and Poseidon-Erechtheus.

Stoa

A long colonnaded multi-purpose building; Open fronted sheds used in city centers as promenades or shopping area.

Propylon

a grand formal gateway

Tholos

Circular Temple, corbeled, domed tombs

Doric

The simplest, earliest and most massive capital. The column has no base; fluid shaft and plain. Symbolic of Masculinity

Ionic

A capital lighter than Doric. Volute capital. Symbolic of female.

Corinthian

Most complex, highly decorative. Has a capital wherein we see both the volutes and leaf like forms called “Acanthus Leaf””. Has bases. Symbolic of Maiden

Stereobate

The steps of a platform

Stylobate

The floor of a temple

Drum

The individual portions of a column. A column is not carved from one piece of stone, but rather made of several parts, and generally have a hole in the center of each piece so that it may be held together by a piece of wood.

Necking

The space between the astragal of the shaft and the commencement of the capital proper in the Roman Doric Order.

Echinus

what flares outward, a distinct feature of the Doric Order

Abacus

Top most element of a capital

Architrave

The lowest division of an entablature. Plain horizontal member above a capital

Shaft

has vertical identations called fluting

Entablature

Is the long continuous lintel on a classical building

Frieze

(has the Triglyphs & Metopes)

Triglyph

Blocks with vertical channels which form a distinguishing feature in the frieze of the Doric entablature.

Metopes

decorated with the scenes of Greeks battling enemies, such as the Greeks and Trojans, Lapiths and Centaurs, Greeks and Amazons

Acroterion

A decorative pedestal, sometimes refer to the statue itself.

Agora

Town square, the center of social and business life.

Prytaneion

Built as senate house for elected officials

Boulaterion

Council house; covered meeting place for elected officials.

Odeon

covered small theatres

Stadium

elongated theatre for foot races

Hippodrome

elongated theatre for horse and chariot races

Palestra

Wrestling school, a place for physical exercise of all kinds

Theatron

term for a circular stone theater found in many Greek cities.

Kouros

An Archaic Greek Sculpture of a male in nude form.

Kore

An Archaic Greek Sculpture of a female with long loose robes. “Draped Maiden”

Hellenistic Drama

The “Laocoon and His Sons” sculpture is an example of:

The Bronze Zeus at Olympia and Athena Parthenos

The famous sculptor Phidias is known primarily for his work on:

Heroditus

Historian is considered the “Father of History” in ancient Greece

Entasis

The optical refinement where a sight convex curve is applied to column.

Euphronios

Painted scenes of mythology on red-figure vases, such as the "Death of Sarpedon"