Corinthian Order
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...example, however, is found in the temple of Apollo at Bassae (c.420 b.c...of Lysicrates (335 b.c.). The temple of Zeus at Athens (started in the 2d...perhaps the most notable of the Corinthian temples. The Greek Corinthian, aside from...joined acanthus leaves and volutes, scroll-shaped forms, in an intricate combination...The volutes either became mere light scrolls or were replaced by birds, rams heads...