Temple of Demeter - the ancient Greek temple of the goddess Demeter, located in the city of Eleusis .
History
The temple was built around 530 BC. During the reign of the Romans, the temple was redone. Its original architectural elements resembled the architecture of the basilica . The Temple of Demeter was a Doric peripter who had a three-stage base. The stylobate size was 14.53 × 32.88 m, and the number of columns was traditional and was 6 × 13. The columns resembled the shape of the columns of the basilica. The height of the columns was 6.12 m.
Architecture
The colonnades were preserved in the temple, architrave (just like in the basilica), the main part of the unique pediments, reminiscent of the temple "C", which was located in Selinunte . The cornices of the pediment were a little inclined. At the base, they turned into short horizontal segments. Along the base of the pediment of the extension plate, most likely, was not observed. Due to this, the effect of an even stronger removal of the inclined plate was created. Thanks to this construction, the pediment of the temple is more like a gable than the pediment itself. The lower surface of the inclined and horizontal gayson is treated with caissons . True, to date, the final conclusion has not been made about the absence of a cornice along the base of the gables.