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metope
[ met-uh-pee, -ohp ]
noun
- any of the square spaces, either decorated or plain, between triglyphs in the Doric frieze.
metope
/ ˈmɛtəpɪ; ˈmɛtəʊp /
noun
- architect a square space between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze
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Each metope contains two figures, grouped in various attitudes; sometimes the Lapithæ, sometimes the Centaurs victorious.
As the tragic poet fills the stage with the legend, so the sculptor fills the metope with the legend.
From this to Metope, the road extends over an open country capable of cultivation, but neglected.
In the first half of the 5th century the sacred marriage was represented on an extant metope from a temple at Selinus.
For the term "metope" is used of the intervals between dentils as well as of those between triglyphs.
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