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Metope

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

(Gr. a uer 7r?], a middle space), a term in architecture for the square recess between the triglyphs in a Doric frieze, which is sometimes filled with sculpture.

Bibliography Information
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Metope'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​m/metope.html. 1910.