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noun

Metope n.

(Arch.) The space between two triglyphs of the Doric frieze, which, among the ancients, was often adorned with carved work.

(Zool.) The face of a crab. Note: In the Parthenon, groups of centaurs and heroes in high relief occupy the metopes.

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Etymology of 'Metope'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Metope" Quotes from Famous Books

... nothing else, I had beheld sufficient to help me to nature for the rest of my life. But when I turned to the Theseus, and saw that every form was altered by action or repose-when I saw that the two sides of his back varied as he rested on his elbow; and again, when in the figure of the fighting metope, I saw the muscle shown under one armpit in that instantaneous action of darting out, and left out in the other armpits; when I saw, in short, the most heroic style of art, combined with all the essential detail of everyday life, ...

— Little Memoirs of the Nineteenth Century • George Paston

... a fox; sometimes 'crops back,' but never lies. You can't play out your role of pauper; and you don't look a probable outcome of destitution and hard work. Your hands would fit much better in a metope of the Elgin Marbles, than in ...

— At the Mercy of Tiberius • August Evans Wilson