id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt en-wikipedia-org-3891 Doric order - Wikipedia .html text/html 3159 265 67 Two early Archaic Doric order Greek temples at Paestum (Italy) with much wider capitals than later The Doric order was one of the three orders of ancient Greek and later Roman architecture; the other two canonical orders were the Ionic and the Corinthian. More often they used versions of the Tuscan order, elaborated for nationalistic reasons by Italian Renaissance writers, which is in effect a simplified Doric, with un-fluted columns and a simpler entablature with no triglyphs or guttae. The Doric order was much used in Greek Revival architecture from the 18th century onwards; often earlier Greek versions were used, with wider columns and no bases to them. In their original Greek version, Doric columns stood directly on the flat pavement (the stylobate) of a temple without a base. A classic statement of the Greek Doric order is the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens, built about 447 BC. The Roman Doric order from the Theater of Marcellus: triglyphs centered over the end column ./cache/en-wikipedia-org-3891.html ./txt/en-wikipedia-org-3891.txt