1. Artspeech
The metope [pronounced "met-o-pee"] is a plain, smooth stone section between triglyphs. ... The abacus holds up the architrave, a four-sided stone beam reaching from one pillar to the next, which, together with the frieze and cornice forms what's called the entablature. ... Like the Doric, it seems to have originated in early wooden forms of construction, much of the wooden detail surviving in stone as decorative conventions. ...
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