Visit to the Parthenon

In this photo one is able to see the top of the Doric columns on the exterior of the Parthenon as well as the acroterion which is the winged figure which sits at the edge of the roof on the corner. One can also see the metope which is the space with the red background and smaller sculptural pieces (the man riding the horse for example). The triglyph is the ridged part in between the metopes. The architrave is the empty space in between the Doric columns and the repetitive metope, triglyph area also known as the Doric frieze.

Doric frieze- This is the area below the pediments and above the architrave and Doric columns. This is a repetitious section of metopes and triglyphs.

Metope- This is the decorative space in between two triglyphs in the Doric frieze section of the building.

Triglyph- These are the vertically channeled ridges separating the metopes in the Doric frieze.

This is a picture that shows the Doric columns that are found on the entire perimeter of the Parthenon. From top to bottom there is the  Abacus (flat square-like part connecting the column to the rest of the roof area), the Echinus (rounded area at the top of the shaft of the column), the Necking which is just the top of the column. All three of these parts that make up the top design of the column are known together as the Capital. The shaft is the long vertical, cylindrical part of the column. It has ridges and does not include the Capital, which is the more decorative part at the top. The Stylobyte is what the entire column sits on top of.