Temple of Athens Quiz

This is porch on the front of the building with a roof and evenly-spaced columns.

• caryatid

• gable

• cornice

• portico

This is a stone carving of a draped female, used as a pillar.

• aegis

• caryatid

• gable

• fluted

This is a sculpture or decoration near the top of the building.

• cornice

• portico

• gable

• fluted

This is a large collar/breastplate that bore an image representing an attribute of a god.

• metope

• aegis

• caryatid

• fluted

This is part of the wall under the roof at the front of the building.

• portico

• gable

• fluted

• metope

The three kinds of columns that were used in greek buildings are called:

• Doric, Ionic, and Corinthian

• Shrine, Gable, and Acropolis

• Shrine, Doric, and Corinthian

• Metope, Athens, Acropolis

This is the simplest column with no base. This was most often used by the Greeks.

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian

This is more slender than the other two. It had two spirals and was light.

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian

Capitals of this column formed leaves. This column wasn't used very much until the Roman times.

• Doric

• Ionic

• Corinthian

This is the home of Athens.

• Athena

• Acropolis

• Parthenon

• Propylaea