470-450 BC, mainland

Doric order

Architecht Libon of Elis

peripeteral (a temple or other structure where the columns of the front portico are returned along its sides as wings at the distance of one or two intercolumniations from the walls of the naos or cella), 6x13

Local limestone covered by stucco

chryselephantine statue of Zeus by Pheidias,if standing up would be taller than temple

Set pattern for other 5th century temples

Peristyle

Colonnade

Entablature

Other Fun Facts

peristyle is a columned porch or open colonnade in a building surrounding a court that may contain an internal garden

denotes a long sequence of columns joined by their entablature, often free-standing

superstructure of moldings and bands, lie horizontally above columns, resting on their capitals. elements of classical architecture, commonly divided into the architrave (the supporting member carried from column to column, pier or wall immediately above)

The frieze is dominated by the triglyphs, vertically channelled tablets, separated by metopes, which may or may not be decorated. The triglyphs sit on top of the taenia, and are finished at the bottom by decoration (often ornate) of drops, called guttae, which belong to the top of the architrave. The top of the triglyphs meet the protrusion of the cornice from the entablature. The underside of this protrusion is decorated with mutules, tablets that are typically finished with guttae

447-432 BC, Athens

Doric with Ionic elements

Architechts Iktinos and Kallikrates

Peripteral 8x17

Designed from inside out

chryselephantine sculpture of Athena

420-390 BC, Mainland

Doric exterior, Ionic-corinthian interior

Architecht iktinos

Peripteral, 6x13

archetype for the romantic, ruined temple

internal frieze with iconic columns supporting roof

first corinthian columns

447-432, Athens

Ionic

Architecht Kiallikrates

tetrastyle prostyle

421-414, 409-406, Athens

Ionic

3 porches, 2 ionic prostyle, 1 caryatid

450-415, Athens

Doric with Ionic elements

Peripteral 6x13

Temple of Asklepios, Epidauros

380, Mainland

Doric exterior, interior corinthian

Architecht Theodotos

Hero Cult, demi god

chryselephantine sculpture of Asklepios

Scenes of gold leaf

made of marble

no back porch

anta with third column

temple, tholos, stadium, and theater

340, Mainland

Doric exterior, corinthian-ionic interior

Architecht Skopas

Peripteral 6x14

350, Ionia

Ionic grid plan

Architecht pythios

Peripteral 6x11

opisthodomos

334-250, ionia

Ionic

dipteral 8x21

380s

Doric exterior corinthian interior

peripteral 20 on outside 10 in cella

360-340,

Doric ext, corinthina int

peripteral 26 outside, 14 in cella

poly kleritos

checkered marble/limestone floor