Corcyra. Within the sphere of influence of Corinthian art, clay antefixes often appear, the creation of which is attributed to the Sicyonian sculptor Boutades. The Doric temple of Artemis in Corcyra is a typical example. In this temple the tympanum of the pediment is decorated with a relief of porous stone. In its centre the Gorgon Medusa is depicted, framed by Pegasus, Chrysaorus, as well as two leopards. Although the forms are still roughly-hewn, already in this work -which is dated around 580 B.C.- the sculptor had started to take into consideration the angle from which the people visiting the temple see it.

Eastern Greece. The temple of Athena in Aeolian Assos is a rare example of Doric building from Asia Minor. It had metopes and frieze but was not sculptured on the pediment. From the frieze a symposium scene and some labours of Hercules survive. These reliefs are dated between 540 and 520 B.C., and are still influenced by oriental standards. Some relief forms from columns come from the temple of Artemis in Ephesus, of Apollo in Didyma, as well as from Cyzicus. Finally, in Thasos we find a relief decoration in the form of a satyr in one of the gates of the city -a practice known from the Hittite tradition- as well as capitals in the form of Pegasus, probably of Achaemenidic inspiration.


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