Ionic order![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Order characterized by soaring columns with molded bases, capitals with volutes and a continuously sculpted frieze.
stylobate ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Upper section of the crepidoma; it supports the columns.
scotia ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Concave molding located at the base of the column.
fillet ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Flat surface between the transverses.
flute ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Vertical groove along the length of the column.
fascia ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
In the Ionic and Doric styles, each of a number of bands above the architrave.
dentil ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Rectangular ornament in relief.
frieze ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Section of the entablature between the cornice and the architrave. In the Ionic order, it is decorated with scenes sculpted in relief.
cornice ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Molding projection on top of the entablature. In the Ionic order, it is decorated with a series of dentils.
sima ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Decorated molding on the face of the pediment’s sloping cornice.
euthynteria ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Base that serves to level the surface on which the temple rests.
torus ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Molding in the shape of a large ring, located at the base of the column.
volute ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Ornament sculpted in spirals.
abacus ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Slab covering the capital and supporting the architrave.
tympanum ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Triangular surface between the cornice and the pediment’s two sloping cornices.