metope

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This metope is more angular in execution than the other metopes; and was probably executed, under the guidance of Phidias, by one of the old school of Greek sculptors.

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  1. noun Architecture Any of the spaces between two triglyphs on a Doric frieze.

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  1. Greek metopē : meta, between; see meta- + opē, opening; see okw- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. = French métope = Spanish métopa = Portuguese Italian metopa, from Latin metopa, from Greek μετόπη, the space between the triglyphs of a frieze, from μετά, between, + ὀπή, an aperture, hollow.
 

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/ˈmɛtəpi/
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