Ionian Attic Doric

The main characteristic of doric was the preservation of proto indo european aː long α which in attic ionic became ɛː η.

Ionian attic doric.

Roman historian vitruvius compared this delicate order to a female form in contrast to the stockier male doric order. Several lyric and epigrammatic poets wrote in this dialect such as ibycus of rhegium and leonidas of tarentum. So it differs from the doric which arose before the ionian greater liberty in the choice of proportions and the lack of parts that are not subjected to the decor. But because the ionic attic dialect of athens dominated greek culture from the 5th century bce very little remains of ancient writings in pure doric dialect.

The column itself is short stout and heavy. Doric was one of the major dialects of the classical greek language along with the ionic attic aeolic and arcado cypriot dialect groups. Doric proper northwest doric achaean doric central group. Attic ionic doric or dorian was an ancient greek dialect.

Ionic columns are considered to be the tallest and thinnest of the three types of columns. Key difference a distinguishing feature of the doric column is that fact that they have no base. Doric is the conventional dialect of choral lyric poetry which includes the laconian alcman the theban pindar and the choral songs of attic tragedy stasima. Ionic dialect any of several ancient greek dialects spoken in euboea in the northern cyclades and from approximately 1000 bc in asiatic ionia where ionian colonists from athens founded their cities.

Aeolic arcado cypriot eastern group. Attic and ionic dialects together form a dialect group. The ionic was used for smaller buildings and interiors. It is called ionic because it developed in the ionian islands in the 6th century b c.

Attic ionic distribution of greek dialects in magna graecia in the classical period. Its variants were spoken in the southern and eastern peloponnese as well as in sicily epirus southern italy crete rhodes some islands in the southern aegean sea and som. The shaft of the column is fluted usually with 20 flutes while the capital is simple and flared.