Meaning & use
Triglyphs
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Blocks with three vertical grooves that alternate with metopes along the frieze of a Doric building.
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The temple's frieze alternated triglyphs and carved metopes above each column.
Restorers replaced several eroded triglyphs on the ancient portico with matching limestone blocks.
A note on using this word
The name comes from Greek 'tri-' (three) and 'glyphe' (carving), referring to the three vertical channels cut into each block.
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