<P> The Parthenon is a peripteral octastyle Doric temple with Ionic architectural features . It stands on a platform or stylobate of three steps . In common with other Greek temples , it is of post and lintel construction and is surrounded by columns ( `` peripteral '' ) carrying an entablature . There are eight columns at either end ( `` octastyle '' ) and seventeen on the sides . There is a double row of columns at either end . The colonnade surrounds an inner masonry structure , the cella , which is divided into two compartments . At either end of the building the gable is finished with a triangular pediment originally occupied by sculpted figures . The columns are of the Doric order , with simple capitals , fluted shafts and no bases . Above the architrave of the entablature is a frieze of carved pictorial panels ( metopes ) , separated by formal architectural triglyphs , typical of the Doric order . Around the cella and across the lintels of the inner columns runs a continuous sculptured frieze in low relief . This element of the architecture is Ionic in style rather than Doric . </P>
<P> The Parthenon is a peripteral octastyle Doric temple with Ionic architectural features . It stands on a platform or stylobate of three steps . In common with other Greek temples , it is of post and lintel construction and is surrounded by columns ( `` peripteral '' ) carrying an entablature . There are eight columns at either end ( `` octastyle '' ) and seventeen on the sides . There is a double row of columns at either end . The colonnade surrounds an inner masonry structure , the cella , which is divided into two compartments . At either end of the building the gable is finished with a triangular pediment originally occupied by sculpted figures . The columns are of the Doric order , with simple capitals , fluted shafts and no bases . Above the architrave of the entablature is a frieze of carved pictorial panels ( metopes ) , separated by formal architectural triglyphs , typical of the Doric order . Around the cella and across the lintels of the inner columns runs a continuous sculptured frieze in low relief . This element of the architecture is Ionic in style rather than Doric . </P>
the parthenon uses this type of column in its design
the parthenon uses this type of column in its design
Doric
Doric