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Square space in a frieze
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metope
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In classical architecture , a metope (μετόπη) is a rectangular architectural element that fills the space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze , which is a decorative band of alternating triglyphs and metopes above the architrave of a building of the ...
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Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Metope \Met"o*pe\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ?; meta` with, between + ? opening, hole, the hole in the frieze between the beam ends.] (Arch.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See ...
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context architecture English) The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
Usage examples of metope.
They were as devoid of practical conscience as a Metope of the Parthenon was devoid of life.
She looked around at the wreckage, remembering the vast, beautifully proportioned building on its high podium of many steps, the Ionic columns all bravely painted and gilded, the metopes and pediment veritable masterpieces.
The metopes and friezes running across the Temple of Zeus told their own story.
But we have attempted to include every Greek temple known to have had pediment-figures or sculptured metopes or frieze, and have thus, for the sake of completeness, registered some examples which are valueless for the main question.
It is very noticeable that these reliefs, unlike the others which in general furnish the closest analogies, the metopes of the temple at Selinous and the pediment of the Megarian Treasury at Olympia, have the ground unpainted.
Shakespeare has given us history carved in relief, as are the metopes of the Parthenon.