Similar guttae are carved under the mutules of the Doric cornice, representing the pins driven through the mutules to secure the rafters.
In the earliest examples of the Doric Order at Corinth and Selinus, the guttaeare completely isolated from the architrave, and in Temple C.
In the temples at Bassae, Paestum and Selinus, instances have been found where the guttae had been carved separately and sunk into holes cut in the soffit of the mutules and the regula.
Three rows of six guttae each are attached to the under surface of a mutule.
Set off on the under side of the corona, vertically over the triglyphs and over the middle of the metopes, are the viae in straight lines and the guttae arranged in rows, six guttae broad and three deep.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "guttae" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
