Abstract
The metope, as well as the pediment, is the most important decorative part of the Doric temple. Metope plates stand between triglyphs upon the architrave. From the mid-seventh century B. C., as the wooden Greek temple was changed into the stone building, the metope plates, too, were gradually translated from clay into stone slab i.e. from picture into relief. History of the metope relief, therefore, assumes some signifieant features because of its special conditions as the decorative sculpture attached to the building. In this treatise I want to consider its develop ment from several points of view.
