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Definition of Metope
1. n. The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of Entablature.
Definition of Metope
1. Noun. (architecture) The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Metope
1. a space between two triglyphs [n -PES or -PAE]
Medical Definition of Metope
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1. The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work.
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Metope
Literary usage of Metope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Outlines of the History of Art by Wilhelm Lübke, Clarence Cook (1877)
"Next follow the metope-reliefs of the oldest of the temples at Selinus, now in
the museum at Palermo. Two only are in complete preservation : nothing but ..."
2. Report on the Investigations at Assos, 1881 by Joseph Thacher Clarke, William Cranston Lawton, Joseph Silas Diller (1882)
"The one complete metope relief (Plate 21) represents a man pursuing a woman, —
a time-honored subject, difficult to individualize, which may, perhaps, ..."
3. A Description of the Collection of Ancient Marbles in the British Museum by Taylor Coombe, British Museum Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Edward Hawkins, Charles Robert Cockerell, Samuel Birch (1830)
"metope IX. Upon this metope we do not see, as upon most of the others, ...
The design of this metope is bold and spirited, but it does not appear to be ..."
4. A History of Ancient Sculpture by Lucy Myers Wright Mitchell, Wright Mitchell (1883)
"metope from Selinus. ... All the peculiarities of these sculptures may be well
seen in that metope where Hera in bridal beauty appears ..."
5. The Propylaia to the Athenian Akropolis: The Classical Building by William Bell Dinsmoor (2004)
"Only on the cantilevered frieze blocks were the metope slots made narrower,
o.08—o.o95 m, to avoid weakening the beams. To receive the crowning fascia ofthe ..."
6. Encyclopaedia Britannica, a Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and edited by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"metope of the Treasury of Sicyon at Delphi. (From Fouilles de Delphes, by permission
of A. ... metope ..."
7. Papers of the Archaeological Institute of America by Archaeological Institute of America, William Cranston Lawton, Joseph Silas Diller, Joseph Thacher Clarke (1898)
"It is hence evident that this metope also did not contain a second figure, — in
this respect differing ... FRAGMENT OF A metope. HIND LEGS OF A CENTAUR. ..."
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