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Academus "Grove of Academus." — Quackenbos, 1882
Acropolis The Acropolis at Athens.
Acropolis "The citadel of a Grecian city, usually the site of the original settlement, and situated on an eminence commanding the surrounding country."-Whitney, 1902
Acropolis "Acropolis, 'the highest point of the city.' Many of the important cities of Greece and Asia Minor were protected by strongholds, so named. The A. occupied a lofty position, commanding the city and its environs; inaccessible on all sides except one, which had, for the most part, artificial defences. It contained some of the most important public buildings, especially temples, besides affording a last refuge in case of a hostile attack." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875
Acropolis restored "The Acropolis of Athens Restored." — Smith, 1882
Acroteria "Small pedestals placed on the apex or angle of a pediment for the support of a statue or other ornament."-Whitney, 1902
Alters "Alters were either square or round. Specimens of both kinds are here given from ancient sculptures." — Anthon, 1891
Amphitheatrum "An amphitheatre was a place for the exhibitions of public shows of combatants and wild beasts, entirely surrounded by seats for the spectators; whereas, in those for dramatic performances, the seats were arranged in a semicircle facing he stage. Longitudinal section of the Flavian Amphitheatre." — Smith, 1873
Amphitheatrum "An amphitheatre was a place for the exhibitions of public shows of combatants and wild beasts, entirely surrounded by seats for the spectators; whereas, in those for dramatic performances, the seats were arranged in a semicircle facing he stage. Elevation of one side of the preceding section." — Smith, 1873
Angle-Capital "In Greek Architecture, a capital on the corner column of a portico."-Whitney, 1902
Anta-Cap Anta-cap from the Erechtheion, Athens.
Antae "Square pillars, which were commonly joined to the sidewalls of a building, being placed on each side of the door, so as to assist in forming the portico. These terms are seldom found except in the plural; because the purpose served by antae required that they should be erected corresponding to each other, and supporting the extremities of the same roof. The following is a specimen of the temple in antis." — Smith, 1873
Antae "Square pillars, which were commonly joined to the sidewalls of a building, being placed on each side of the door, so as to assist in forming the portico. These terms are seldom found except in the plural; because the purpose served by antae required that they should be erected corresponding to each other, and supporting the extremities of the same roof. Their position and form will be best understood from the cut, in which A A are the antae. The temple in antis was one of the simplest kind. It had in front antae attached to the walls which inclosed the calla; and in themiddle, between the antae, two columns supporting the architrave." — Smith, 1873
Antefix "Upper fixture from the Parthenon, partly restored."-Whitney, 1902
Anthemion-Molding "A molding or frieze ornamented with a series of anthemia, usually in graceful alternation of two forms."-Whitney, 1902
Athens restored "Athens restored, from the Pnyx." — Smith, 1882
Ancient athens "The mosted noted of the orations of Isocrates is the Panathenaicus or Panegyric of Athens, a work on which he spent ten years, and in which he uses all the resources of his art to extol Athens and magnify the benefits she conferred o nthe whole of Greece." — The Delphian Society, 1913
Ancient Athens View of Athens.
Athens_Port "The Piraeus, the Port of Athens (Restoration)" — Morey, 1903
Atreus "The Treasury of Atreus" — Morey, 1903
Basilica "A building which served as a court of law and an exchange, or place of meeting for merchants and men of business. The word was adopted from the Athenians, whose second archon was styled, and the tribunal where he adjudicated the substantive aula or porticus in Latin being omitted for convenience, and the distinctive epithet coverted into a substantive. The first edifice of this description at Rome was not erected until B.C. 182, it was situated in the forum adjoining the curia, and was denominated Bascilica Aemilia, from a medal of Lepidus." — Smith, 1873
Basilica "A building which served as a court of law and an exchange, or place of meeting for merchants and men of business. The word was adopted from the Athenians, whose second archon was styled, and the tribunal where he adjudicated the substantive aula or porticus in Latin being omitted for convenience, and the distinctive epithet coverted into a substantive. The first edifice of this description at Rome was not erected until B.C. 182, it was situated in the forum adjoining the curia, and was denominated Bascilica Aemilia, from a medal of Lepidus." — Smith, 1873 This image shows the Ground Plan of a Basilica.
Bema_Pnyx "The Bema on the Pnyx" — Morey, 1903
Bridge "Ancient bridge in Laconia." — Smith, 1882
Capital Capital from Eleusis.
Capital Greek Corinthian volutes.
Capital Corinthian capital from the Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, restored.
Doric Capital Capital of a Doric column.
Grecian Doric Capital "The Doric Order is, in architecture, the second of the five orders, being that between the Tuscan and Ionic."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)
Grecian Doric Capital "The Doric Order is, in architecture, the second of the five orders, being that between the Tuscan and Ionic."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)
Grecian Doric Capital "The Doric Order is, in architecture, the second of the five orders, being that between the Tuscan and Ionic."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)
Ionic Capital Capital of a Ionic column.
Proto Ionic Capital A primitively ionic column.
Volute of the Corinthian Capital "A kind of spiral scroll used in Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite capitals, of which it is a principal ornament. The number of volutes in the Ionic order is four. In the Corinthian and Composite orders they are more numerous, in the former being accompanied by smaller ones, called helices; called also voluta. A,volute; B,helix"—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)
Volute of the Ionic Capital "A kind of spiral scroll used in Ionic, Corinthian, and Composite capitals, of which it is a principal ornament. The number of volutes in the Ionic order is four. In the Corinthian and Composite orders they are more numerous, in the former being accompanied by smaller ones, called helices; called also voluta. A,volute"—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)
Caryatic Order An order of architecture wherein the entablature is supported by female figures clothed in long garments, instead of columns. The temple of Polias-Minerva at Priene, Greece.
Caryatides "Caryae was a city in Arcadia, near the Laconian border, the inhabitants of which joined the Persians after the battle of Thermopylae. On the defeat of the Persians the allied Greeks destroyed the town, slew the men, and led the women into captivity; and Praxiteles and other Athenian artists employed female figures, representing Caryatidae, or women of Caryae, instead of columns in architecture. This account is illustrated by a bas-relief with a Greek inscription, mentioning the conquest of the Caryatae." — Smith, 1873
Ceiling Panel Ceiling of Pleroma, Parthenon.
Choragic Monument "Choragic Monument of Lysicrates, Athens." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893
Cippus "A low column, sometimes round, but more frequently rectangular. Cippi were used for various purposes; the decrees of the senate were sometimes inscribed upon them; and with distances engraved upon them, they also served as mile-stones. They were however, more frequently employed as sepulchral monuments. It was also usual to place at one corner of the burying-ground a cippus, on which the extent of the burying-ground was marked, towards the road, and backwards to the fields." — Smith, 1873
Colosseum The Greek Colosseum.
Column The columns at Knossos tapered downward and bore simple heavy torus capitals.
Columna "A pillar or column. The use of the trunks of trees placed upright for supporting buildings, unquestionably led to the adoption of similar supports wrought in stone. As the tree required to be based upon a flat square stone, and to have a stone or tile of similar form fixed on its summit to preserve it from decay, so the column was made with a square base, and was covered with an abacus. Hence the principal parts of which every column consists are three, the base, the shaft, and the capital. In the Doric, which is the oldest style of Greek architecture, we must consider all the columns in the same row as having one common base, whereas in the Ionian and Corinthian each column has a seperate base, called spira. The capitals of these two latter orders show, on comparison with the Doric, a much richer style of ornament; and the character of lightness and elegence is further obtained in them by their more slender shaft, its height being much greater in proportion to its thickness. Of all these circumstances some idea may be formed by the inspection of the three accompanying specimens of pillars. The first on the left hand is Doric, the second Ionic, and the third Corinthian." — Smith, 1873
Columna Columna Rostrata and Column Trojana.
Corinthian Capital Corinthian capital from Temple of Zeus at Athens.
Corinthian Capital Early Corinthian capital from Bassae.
Corinthian Capital Capital from "Tower of the Winds" Athens.
Corinthian Capital A basket with acanthus leaves growing around it—the supposed inspiration for the Corinthian capital.
Coryatic Portico "Coryatic Portico of Temple in Acropolic, Athens." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893
Cyclopean "Ancient "Cyclopean" Wall" — Morey, 1903
Tomb of Cyrus "Cyrus caught sight of his brother Artaxerxes, whose person was revealed by the flight of his troops, when, maddened at once by rage and ambition, he shouted out, "I see the man!" and rushed at him with his handful of companions. Hurling his javelin at his brother, he wounded him in the breast, but was himself speedily overbourne by superior numbers and slain on the spot." — Smith, 1882
Dionysus "The Theater of Dionysus (Restoration)" — Morey, 1903
Domus Ground Plan of a Greek House.
Doric Column Doric order of the Parthenon, Athens.
Doric Column The earliest of the three Greek orders of architecture.
Doric Order Doric order
Doric Order Grecian Doric Order.
Doric Order One of the three orders or organizational systems of Ancient Greek or classical architecture.
Doric Temple "The front elevation of a Greek Doric Hexastyle-peripteral Temple." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893
Erechtheum restored "The building of the new Erechtheum was not commenced till the Parthenon and Propylea were finished, and probably not before the year preceding the breaking out of the Peloponnesian war. Its progress was no doubt delayed by that event, and it was probably not completed before 393 B.C. When finished it presented one of the finest models of the Ionic order, as the Parthenon was of the Doric. It stood to the north of the Acropolis." — Smith, 1882
Fastigium "An ancient Greek or Roman temple, of rectangular construction, is terminated at its upper extremity by a triangular figure, both in front and rear, which rests upon the cornice of the entablature as a base, and has its sides formed by the cornices which terminate the roof. The whole of this triangle above the trabeation is implied in the term fastigium." — Smith, 1873.
Finial Carved finial of Choragic monument of Lysicrates, Athens.
Frieze "Part of the Parthenon Frieze" — Morey, 1903
Frieze "Panathenaic Frieze, from the Parthenon." — Chambers' Encyclopedia, 1875
Drontheim Frieze "A Frieze, in architecture, is that portion of the entablature which is between the architrave and the cornice. It was generally adorned with triglyphs in the Doric order. The term frieze was also applied to a broad band of sculpture, in low relief, that was frequently placed round the cella of a Grecian temple, immediately under the ceiling of the portico, and completely surrounding the exterior."—(Charles Leonard-Stuart, 1911)
Grave_Relief "Grave Relief" — Morey, 1903
Grecian Monument An ancient monument in honor of a Greek soldier
Grecian Temple A Grecian Temple
Grecian Tomb An ancient tomb constructed by the Greeks.
Greek Altar "Round, triangular, or square in plan, often elaborately adorned with sculpture, and bearing inscriptions."-Whitney, 1902
Greek Theatre A Greek Theater, Athens.
Greek capital Ionic.
Greek capital Ionic.
Greek capital Corinthian.
Greek column Corinthian.
Greek column Ionic.
Greek column Doric.
Greek philosophers "Greek Philosophy, which reached its highest excellence in Athens in the fourth century before Christ, had its origin two hundred years earlier i nthe ourlying settlements of the Hellenic race in Asia Minor, Thrace, Sicily, and Southern Italy, rather than in Greece proper. The founding of colonies and frequent changes of government in the older states led thoughtful men to study the constitution of man and of society." — The Delphian Society, 1913
Greek_Corinthian "Greek Corinthian Style" — Morey, 1903
Greek_Decoration "Greek Decoration" — Morey, 1903
Greek_Doric "Greek Doric Style" — Morey, 1903
Greek_House "Interior of a Greek House (Restoration)" — Morey, 1903
Greek_Ionic "Greek Ionic Style" — Morey, 1903
Hypogea "Greek Tomb" — Smith, 1873.
Ionic Base Carved triple guilloche on torus of Ionic base.
Ionic Capital Ionic capital from the Erechtheion, Athens.
Ionic Capital Ionic capital.
Ionic Column Ionic order of the Erechtheion, Athens.
Ionic Column Ionic Column
Ionic Column One of the three Greek orders of architecture. It originated in mid-6th century BC.
Ionic Hexa-prostyle "Elevation of a Greek Ionic Hexa-prostyle." — Encyclopedia Britanica, 1893
Ionic Order Ionic order
Ionic Order Grecian Ionic Order.
Grave of Midas "Rock-cut from of the Grave of Midas at Doganlu, in Phyrgia." —D'Anvers, 1895
Molding Egg-and-dart carved molding.
Molding Water-leaf carved molding.
Temple of Nike Apteros "The first public monuments that arose after the Persian wars were erected under the auspices of Cimon, who was, like Pericles, a lover and patron of the arts. The principal of these were the small Ionic temple of Nike Apteros (Wingless Victory), and the Theseum, or Temple of Theseus. The temple of Nike Apteros was only 27 feet in length by 18 in breadth, and was erected on the Acropolis in commemoration of Cimon's victory at the Eurymedon." — Smith, 1882
Olympia_Buildings "Buildings and Environs of Olympia (Restoration)" — Morey, 1903
Corinthian order "Corinthian Order. From the Monument of Lysicrates, at Athens." —D'Anvers, 1895
Doric Order "Doric Order. From the Temple at Selinus." —D'Anvers, 1895

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