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The purpose of this book is to present the Hekatompedon Inscription at Athens ( IG I³ 4) as a major monument of Greek art, legitimately on a par with more famous landmarks of the Greek aesthetic tradition like the Parthenon Frieze. Inscribed most probably in the middle of the decade that saw the Greek response to the Persian invasion, the Hekatompedon Inscription has long been recognized for its historical and religious importance. This study looks at the inscription on its own terms: the unique fusion of its visual and textual content in that most Greek of epigraphical layouts, the stoikhedon style. Such an approach leads to the question of origins: where and why was the stoikhedon style formulated and where does the Hekatompedon Inscription stand in that development? Egypt’s influential system of proportions and use of grids will be considered determinative for the very first time.

Ancient history --- Archeology --- Classical Greek literature --- Greece --- Architectural inscriptions --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --- Stoichedon inscriptions --- Greek language --- Inscriptions architecturales --- Décoration et ornement architecturaux --- Inscriptions stoikedon --- Grec (Langue) --- Alphabet. --- Alphabet --- Stoichedon inscriptions. --- Hekatompedon inscription. --- 729 --- Arts Architecture Design and decoration --- Architectural inscriptions --Greece --Athens. --- Decoration and ornament, Architectural --Greece --Athens. --- Greek language --Alphabet. --- Art, Architecture & Applied Arts --- Architecture --- Décoration et ornement architecturaux --- Inscriptions, Stoichedon --- Architectural decoration and ornament --- Stonework, Decorative --- Architectural lettering --- Building inscriptions --- House inscriptions --- Inscriptions, Architectural --- Decoration and ornament --- Hecatompedon inscription --- Inscriptions, Greek --- Writing --- Architectural design --- Exterior walls --- Inscriptions --- Lettering