Doric

Doric

The dialect of Ancient Greek spoken in the Peloponnesus.

In Greek classical architecture regarded as the strongest and simplest of the Orders in appearance. It consists of a fluted column with a capital composed of annulets, an echinus or ring under a square abacus supporting the entablature.
 


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