The sculptor Timotheus--one of those who collaborated in the Mausoleum--is mentioned as undertaking to make the acroteria that stood on the ends of the pediments, and also models for the sculpture that filled one of them.
Some of this sculpture has been found; the acroteria are Nereids mounted on sea-horses, and one pediment contained a battle of Greeks and Amazons.
That is, the original material of the acroteria was the same used in the whole covering of the roof, namely terracotta.
Pausanias[49] mentions such acroteria on the Stoa Basileios on the agora of Athens.
Victory was a replica of theacroteria (or figures above the pediments) of the Temple of Zeus.
The acroteria were ornaments placed above the centre of the pediments.
The relief is surmounted by a pediment with acroteria and a rosette.
The stelae crowned with the palmette and acanthus acroteria are described below, Nos.
Above, a pediment with acroteriaand a rosette; also an honorary wreath.
Of the pedimental figures and the acroteria considerable fragments have been recovered, and we may with confidence assume that at all events the models for these were by Timotheus.
We have also several figures of Victory, which probably were acroteria on some smaller temple, perhaps that of Artemis.
An inscription which records the sums spent on the temple of the Physician-god, informs us that the models for the sculptures of the pediments, and one set of acroteria or roof adornments, were the work of Timotheus.
The so-called palmetto or honeysuckle ornament, employed on acroteriaand antefixes, and also as a continuous decoration on bands, gutters, etc.
The gable acroteria are clumsy knops, similar to the circular ridge ornaments and the horn-like corner pieces of Phoenician monuments.
Alcamenes the sculptures in the front gable of the Temple of Zeus, instead of the acroteria above them, which alone is mentioned in an inscription as his work.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "acroteria" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
