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Temple Architecture in the Greek Archaic Period

Herakles fights the Cretan Bull

Herakles fights the Cretan Bull

This is one of the metopes from the Temple of Zeus at Olympia. It is one of the Twelve Labors depicted on the temple.

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Related Terms

  • peripteral
  • prostyle
  • tholos
  • metope
  • triglyph
  • entablature
  • echinus
  • votives
  • opisthodomos
  • anta
  • pronaos
  • naos
  • stylobate
  • megaron
  • entasis
  • pediment
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