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was wide in the facade, but on the sides was contracted to a more sensible dimension. The columns' diameters vary widely, following a flexible pattern with little regard for the rules of the Doric order, which had already become strict in
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in Athens, Angell and Harris's shipments were diverted to
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and framed at the top and bottom by blank slabs which made the relief of the sculpture stand out. The metopes were separated by
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75:Aerial view
67:Description
54:anastylosis
45:Doric style
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724:Morgantina
493:12°49′31″E
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401:Op. cit.,
217:triglyphs
143:crepidoma
127:peristyle
49:acropolis
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1037:Temple C
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310:Op. cit.
245:tympanum
241:Cercopes
237:Heracles
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752:Halaesa
569:Akragas
350:24 June
225:Perseus
190:metopai
178:cornice
150:pronaos
139:Olympia
104:metopes
100:Selinus
89:Corinth
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