eaves-gutter

Updated: June 28, 2025

Lastly, the crowning part is, in the Greek Doric, a single convex moulding, not very dissimilar in profile to the ovolo of the capital, and forming what we commonly call an eaves-gutter. In the Parthenon a continuous band of sculpture ran round the exterior of the cell, near the top of the wall. One other feature was employed in Greek temple-architecture.

John Slater - Architecture: Classic and Early Christian