HISTORY OF GREEK ARCHITECTURE
TEMPLE OF ZEUS OLYMPIOS No.3
: Temple of Zeus Olympios (Olympieion); Greece, Athens; 174 B.C.-132 A.D.
- Detail of Corinthian capital designed by Roman architect Cossutius. The design of this capital became the model of Corinthian order.
- Vitruvius, An old Roman architect, wrote that the cella of the temple had not the ceiling and roof.
Photo: TAKAHIRO TAJI
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