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ANCIENT GREECE
               PLAN OF THE TEMPLE OF NEPTUNE, PAESTUM          ANCIENT GREEK BUILDING DECORATION
                  Pronaos (vestibule)


                                                                                                  Volute
             Naos wall

           Anta (pilaster
            terminating
             naos wall)
                                                                   FACADE, TREASURY OF ATREUS, MYCENAE,
                                                                          GREECE, 1350-1250 BC
                                                Pteron
            Naos (cella)                        (external
                                                colonnade)
                                                                                                  Meander


                                                                      FRETWORK, PARTHENON, ATHENS,
              Peristyle
                                                                           GREECE, 447-436 BC
           Opisthodomos                              ACROTERION,                ANTEFIXA,
           (rear portico)                            TEMPLE OF                  TEMPLE
                                                     APHAIA, AEGINA,            OF APHAIA,        Palmette
                                                     GREECE, 490 BC             AEGINA,
                                                                                GREECE,           Volute
                                                                                490 BC
                                                           Griffon
                                                         (gryphon)
                                                                          Raking
                             Hexastyle pteron                             cornice
                             (colonnade of  six columns)


                                        Regula (short fillet beneath taenia)  Eaves


                                                                                                 Cornice
                                                                                                 Frieze

                                                                                                 Architrave
                                                                                                 Capital





                                                                                                 Shaft


                                                                                                  Crepidoma
                                                                                                  (stepped
                                                                                                  base)






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