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HYPOTRACHELIUM (Gr. vaorpaxi7Awv, the See also:lower See also:part of the See also:neck, rphx Aos) , in classical See also:architecture, the space between the annulet of the See also:echinus and the upper See also:bed of the shafts, including, according to C. R. See also:Cockerell, the three grooves or sinkings found in some of the older examples, as in the See also:temple" of See also:Neptune at See also:Paestum and the temple of Aphaea at See also:Aegina; there being only one groove in the See also:Parthenon, the Theseum and later examples. In the temple of See also:Ceres and the so-called See also:Basilica at Paestum the hypotrachelium consists of a See also:concave sinking carved with See also:vertical lines suggestive of leaves, the tops of which project forward. A similar decoration is found in the See also:capital of the columns flanking the See also:tomb of See also:Agamemnon at See also:Mycenae, but here the hypotrachelium projects forward with a See also:cavetto moulding, and is carved with triple leaves like the buds of a See also:rose. In the See also:Roman Doric See also:Order the See also:term was sometimes applied to that which is generally known as the " necking," the space between the See also:fillet and the annulet.

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