This is a list of terms used in classical architecture.

Building elements

• Acroterion
• Aegis
• Arch
• Architrave
• Archivolt
• Ante-Fixae
• Capital
• Caryatid
• Cella
• Colonnade
• Column
• Cornice
• Crepidoma
• Crocket
• Cupola
• Dome
• Entablature
• Epistyle - see Architrave
• Euthynteria
• Frieze
• Gutta
• Keystone
• Metope (architecture)
• Naos - see Cella
• Nave
• Opisthodomos
• Ornament (architecture)
• Orthostates
• Pediment
• Peristyle
• Pilaster
• Plinth
• Pronaos
• Prostyle
• Rustication (architecture)
• Tracery
• Triglyph
• Sima
• Stylobate
• Vault
• Volute

Classical orders

• Classical orders
• Composite order
• Corinthian order
• Doric order
• Ionic order
• Tuscan order

Types of building

• Agora
• Amphitheatre
• Odeion
• Orchestra
• Skene
• Stoa
• Theatre
• Tholos
• Treasury

See also

• Classical orders
• Forms in architecture

References

• GrandTradition.net
• "Greek Temple." The Macmillan Visual Dictionary. Unabridged Compact ed. 1995. ISBN 0-02-860810-0