Greek temple at Agrigento, Sicily What are triglyphs and metopes? Most Greek temples have a pattern under the pediment known as triglyphs and metopes. The triglyphs alternate with the metopes [...]
Ionic order: the parts of an Ionic temple A new way to build temples Around 500 BC, Greek architectural styles changed so that instead of building temples in the old [...]
Doric temple at Agrigento, in Sicily. The plain square capitals with triglyphs and metopes over them show this is in the Doric order. When did the Doric style get started? [...]
A Greek architrave: the stones running along the tops of the columns. This is the Temple of Hera - Agrigento, Sicily (ca. 450 BC) Greek temples on platforms Greek architects [...]
