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Triglyph
An ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block having on its face two parallel vertical glyphs or grooves and two half grooves or chamfers on either vertical end, that separates the metopes.
Polykleitos
developed calssic canon of proportions
Pericles
5th century Athenian statesman
Encaustic
Painting method using melted wax
Myron
sculptor of the Discobolos
Entasis
slight convex corvature of a column
Cella
Main chamber of a temple holding the cult stature
Dionysos
God of wine
Praxiteles
sculptor of Hermes and Dionysos
Alexander the Great
spread Greek culture through his conquest
Abacus
Top part of a capital making transition to architrave
Volute
Ornament from Ionic capital resembling a rolled scroll
Propylaia
Entrance gateway
Exekias
black-figure vase painter
Centaur
Half man, half horse
Iktinos and Kallikrates
Architects of parthenon
Athena
Warrior goddess, protectress of Athens
Architrave
Lowest division of the entablature of a temple
Caryatid
Female figure used as a column
Pediment
Triangular space formed by roof and cornice

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