The ENTABLATURE is 1/4 the height of the columns, the ARCHITRAVE of one or more fascias, the FRIEZE continuous and frequently enriched with sculpture in low relief; the CORNICE has simple and compound mouldings supported by a dentil band. Caryatides were occasionally introduced into this order; they were female figures clad in drapery having vertical folds which re-echoed the flutings of the Ionic column. These caryatides supported the entablature in place of the columns; a beautiful example of this feature is the south portico of the Erechtheum at Athens. The CORINTHIAN order was not much used by the Greeks; the examples however show considerable refinement and delicacy of details. The COLUMNS are 10 diameters in height with 24 flutings; the BASE is 1/2 diameter high; the CAPITAL is a little greater than a diameter in height and is enriched with acanthus foliations and spiral volutes. The ENTABLATURE is richer; and the CORNICE deeper and more elaborate than those of the other orders. A table is here given showing the relative height in parts (a part is 1/60 of the diameter) of the entablature in some typical Grecian examples. +------------+------------+------------+--------+---------+-------------+ | | | | | | Total | | | | Architrave | Frieze | Cornice | Entablature | | +------------+------------+--------+---------+-------------+ | Doric | Parthenon | 43 | 43 | 32 | 118 | | +------------+------------+--------+---------+-------------+ | | Theseus | 50 | 48 | 19 | 107 | | +------------+------------+--------+---------+-------------+ | Ionic | Erechtheum | 43 | 48 | 47 | 140 | | +------------+------------+--------+---------+-------------+ | | Priene | 37 | 49 | 47 | 133 | | +------------+------------+--------+---------+-------------+ | Corinthian | Lysicrates | 53 | 41 | 49 | 143 | | +------------+------------+--------+---------+-------------+ | | Jupiter | | | | | | | Olympius | 40 | 26 | 46 | 112 | +------------+------------+------------+--------+---------+-------------+ The principal Doric buildings in Greece are:--The Temples at Corinth B.C. 650, Ægina B.C. 550, the Parthenon and the Theseum B.C. 438, the Temples of Jupiter at Olympia, Apollo Epicurius at Bassæ B.C. 436, Minerva at Sunium, and the Propylæa at Athens B.C. 431. The Parthenon is the only octastyle temple in Greece. Ionic buildings in Greece are:--Temples at Ilyssus, Nike Apteros, and the Erectheum. In Asia Minor, the Temples at Samos, Priene, Teos, and of Diana at Ephesus, and of Apollo at Miletos. [Illustration]