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metope
[ met-uh-pee, -ohp ]
noun
, Architecture.
- 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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Word History and Origins
Origin of metope1
First recorded in 1555–65, metope is from the Greek word metópē
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Word History and Origins
Origin of metope1
C16: via Latin from Greek metopē, from meta between + opē one of the holes for the beam-ends
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Example Sentences
Each metope contains two figures, grouped in various attitudes; sometimes the Lapithæ, sometimes the Centaurs victorious.
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As the tragic poet fills the stage with the legend, so the sculptor fills the metope with the legend.
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From this to Metope, the road extends over an open country capable of cultivation, but neglected.
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In the first half of the 5th century the sacred marriage was represented on an extant metope from a temple at Selinus.
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For the term "metope" is used of the intervals between dentils as well as of those between triglyphs.
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