Ancient Corinth VII - Apollo’s Temple
The columns of the temple are Doric in style with twenty flutings, which are c. 0.206 m. wide at the bottom. The columns are monolithic and the material is the rough native limestone of the neighborhood. The greatest diameter of the columns at the west end is 1.72 m., while those at the side measure only 1.63 m. The mean height of the column to the swell of the capital is 6.50 m., while the thickness of capital is 0,72 m. The total height is 7,22 m. The columns at the top have a diameter of only 1.29 m., and this great entasis and the flat building of the capitals give the appearance of great solidity to the structure. These measurements give massive proportions.
The abacus of the columns on the west end has a surface 2.25 m. square ca.
Source: Benjamin Powell, “The Temple of Apollo at Corinth” - American Journal of Archaeology
Doric Archaic temple
About 560 BC
Corinth, Pelopponese
Ancient Corinth VII - Apollo’s Temple
The columns of the temple are Doric in style with twenty flutings, which are c. 0.206 m. wide at the bottom. The columns are monolithic and the material is the rough native limestone of the neighborhood. The greatest diameter of the columns at the west end is 1.72 m., while those at the side measure only 1.63 m. The mean height of the column to the swell of the capital is 6.50 m., while the thickness of capital is 0,72 m. The total height is 7,22 m. The columns at the top have a diameter of only 1.29 m., and this great entasis and the flat building of the capitals give the appearance of great solidity to the structure. These measurements give massive proportions.
The abacus of the columns on the west end has a surface 2.25 m. square ca.
Source: Benjamin Powell, “The Temple of Apollo at Corinth” - American Journal of Archaeology
Doric Archaic temple
About 560 BC
Corinth, Pelopponese