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| a plant whose leaf forms are used as a decorative motif on capitals of Corinthian and Composite columns |
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| the total effect of sound, esp. as produced in an enclosed space |
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| the fortified height or citadel of an ancient Greek city, where the chief temples and monuments were built, esp. the citadel of Athens |
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| a marketplace in ancient Greece, customarily used as a place of popular assembly |
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| any elevated place or structure upon which sacrifices may be offered or before which religious ceremonies may be enacted |
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| the uppermost, crowning, and decorative portion of a column, belonging to a much earlier time; antiquated; ancient |
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| a supporting column sculptured in the form of a woman, used in Greek and later buildings |
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| a series of columns placed at regular intervals, supporting an entablature, or arches |
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| the uppermost part of an entablature |
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| a view of or scale drawing of the side, front, or rear of a given structure |
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| the upper section of a classical order, resting on the capital and including the architrave, frieze, and cornice |
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| the slight swelling given to a column shaft to counteract the optical illusion that it is thinner in the middle |
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| a ridge between the indentations of a fluted column |
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| one of the rounded, parallel grooves incised on the shaft of a column as a decorative motif |
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| a framework or network suggestive of a grid |
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| a psychopathological condition in which fantasies of wealth, power, or omnipotence predominate |
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| the space between two triglyphs on the frieze of a Doric entablature |
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| the sanctuary of a Greek temple, where the cult statue was housed |
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| any of several styles of classical architecture characterized by the type of column employed |
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| the oldest and simplest of the three orders of classical Greek architecture, characterized by heavy, fluted columns having no base and plain, saucer-shaped capitals |
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| an order of classical Greek architecture characterized by two opposed volutes in the capital |
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| the most ornate of the three classical orders of architecture, characterized by a slender fluted column having an ornate bell-shaped capital decorated with acanthus leaves |
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| not one of the classical orders, but a composite of several styles. It exhibits Ionic volutes intermingled with Corinthian acanthus leaves |
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| a drawing or diagram, from a horizontal plane, made to scale showing the structure or arrangement of something |
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| a part considered in relation to the whole; relationship between dimensions and size |
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| the angle of the exterior surface of the top of a building |
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| an ancient Greek covered walk, detached colonnade, or portico, usually having columns on one side and a wall on the other |
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| in classical architecture, the top step of the platform on which a row of columns is placed |
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| a hard, semi fired, waterproof ceramic clay used in pottery and building construction, usually of a brownish orange color |
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| an ornament in a Doric frieze, consisting of a projecting block, between tow metopes, having fluted channels on its face |
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| a spiral, scroll-like ornament used on an Ionic capital |
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| the lowermost part of an entablature, resting directly on top of a column in classical architecture; the molding around a door or window |
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| a wide, triangular, low-pitched gable above the entablature of a building in Classical architecture, esp. Greek; an element, similar to or derivative of a pediment, used widely in architecture and decoration, particularly over a door or window |
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| a porch or walkway with a roof supported by columns, often leading to the entrance of a building |
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| the principle hall of a Mycenaean palace |
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