The document summarizes the three main architectural styles of ancient Greek temples: Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian. The Doric style originated in mainland Greece and is characterized by simple columns and triglyphs representing wooden beams. The Ionic style, from the Greek islands, has more graceful columns and detailed entablatures. The fanciest Corinthian style has highly decorative acanthus leaf capitals, said to be inspired by a plant growing on a maiden's grave.

1. TEMPLE TERMS OF GREECE
All Greek to me!

2. Three styles

3. Doric Temples
Representative of mainland Greece
Simple, strong, male

4. You Doric!
Dominant style up to middle of 5th Century BCE
Triglyphs which are
representative of old
wooden end-beams,
centered above
columns and always in
corners
Metopes, sometimes
plain, often relief
decoration
Shallow fluted, simple
heavy columns

5. You make a better Doric than a.....

7. Ionic, You on ic, We on ic

8. Ionic Details
Based on Ionic Island culture
Graceful, sophisticated, female
1. Entablature
2. Column 7. Shaft
3. Cornice 8. Base
4. Frieze 9. Stylobate
5. Epistyle 10. Stereobate
6. Capital Deeply fluted columns

9. Ionic

11. Corinthian Order
Fancier and heavier than
Ionic
Bases and capitals
(acanthus leaves) of
columns are more
decorative
Deeply fluted columns

12. Acanthus
Callimachus of Corinth is said to have
been inspired by this plant growing on the
grave of a young maiden around a basket
of her favorite items

13. Corinthian

15. Caryatid of the Erectheion