A column drum and section of a typical Greek column showing the characteristic vertical hollow grooves known as fluting. The shaft is wider at the bot
A column drum and section of a typical Greek column showing the characteristic vertical hollow grooves known as fluting. The shaft is wider at the bottom than at the top, because its entasis (convex curve), beginning a third of the way up, imperceptibly makes the column slightly more slender at the top. Eleusis was the site of the Eleusinian Mysteries and the birthplace of Aeschylus.
Size: 4828px × 7235px
Photo credit: © DAVID PARKER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: aegean, aegeus, aeschylus, ancient, animal, archaeological, archaeologist, archaeology, archeological, archeologist, archeology, carved, carving, city, civilization, column, construction, corinthian, culture, destruction, doric, eleusinian, eleusis, fauna, greece, greek, history, ionic, marble, masonry, modern, mysteries, myth, mythology, peloponnese, religion, sacrifice, stone, temple, underworld, wildlife
