metope
Pronunciation
  • IPA: /ˈmɛtəʊp/, /ˈmɛtəpi/
Noun

metope (plural metopes)

  1. (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.



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