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Webster 1913 Edition
Metope
Met′o-pe
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
μετά
with, between + [GREEK] opening, hole, the hole in the frieze between the beam ends.] 1.
(Arch.)
The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work. See Illust. of
Entablature
. 2.
(Zool.)
The face of a crab.
☞ In the Parthenon, groups of centaurs and heroes in high relief occupy the metopes.
Webster 1828 Edition
Metope
METOPE
,Noun.
Definition 2024
metope
metope
English
Alternative forms
- metopa (obsolete)
Noun
metope (plural metopes)
- (architecture) The architectural element between two triglyphs in a Doric frieze.
- 1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury 2003, p. 117:
- There's a second plate of that metope that shows the full figures of both Perseus and Medusa and includes the winged horse Pegasus that was born of Medusa's blood.
- 1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury 2003, p. 117: