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Cult of Apollo
Author(s) : Petropoulos Ilias (12/10/2007)Translation : Kalogeropoulou Georgia
For citation: Petropoulos Ilias, "Cult of Apollo",Encyclopaedia of the Hellenic World, Black SeaURL: <http://www.ehw.gr/l.aspx?id=11306>
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ionic order, the An architectural order devised in Ionia and developed in Asia Minor and the Greek islands in the 6th century BC. Its columns have elaborately moulded bases, fluted shafts (with fillets, ending in fillets), and volute capitals. The entablature consists of an three-fasciae archirave, a continuous frieze, usually richly decorated with reliefs, and a cornice. The Ionic order was more elaborate in dimentions, comparing with the Doric.
temenos The enclosed area in which a temple stands; a sacred precinct
1. Origins of cult
2. Dissemination of the cult
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