Images

A plan of the Greek temple of Aphaia, 500-480 BCE.

An aerial view (2011 CE) of the temple of Apollo Didymaeus at Miletus (late 4th century BCE).

The three steps of the crepidoma or crepis of the temple of Zeus at Olympia (457 BCE).

An akroterion (or acroterion), an architectural feature of Classical buildings, particularly temples where they were placed at the apex and extremities of the roof.

The seven remaining columns of the Doric peripteral temple of Apollo at Corinth (550-530 BCE). The columns are monolithic, that is carved from a single piece of stone.

Examples of the buttress, a device from Classical architecture to strengthen a wall and increase its load-bearing capacity. Roman houses, Rome.

The 2nd century BCE Temple of Portunus, Rome. The façades carry two engaged Inoic columns.

The entablature of the Temple of Athena, Priene (Turkey), 340-156 BCE. The cornice decoration includes egg-and-tongue designs and also visible is a lion-head water spout.

The west pediment of the temple of Aphaia, 500-490 BCE.

Column drums from the temple of Zeus at Olympia, 457 BCE. The central hole can be clearly seen which, with a wooden peg, helped hold the column drums in place.