Origin and Spread of the Corinthian Order (5th–1st centuries BCE)

1. Earliest Corinthian capital at Bassae temple

   Jan 1, 450 BCELabels: Temple of, Corinthian capital

   • UNESCO
   • Britannica
   • Corinthian Order

2. Bassae temple construction phase (late 5th c. BCE)

   Jan 1, 420 BCELabels: Temple of, Late 5th

   • UNESCO
   • U Michigan
   • Bassae

3. Tholos at Delphi built with Corinthian interior elements

   Jan 1, 380 BCELabels: Tholos at, Corinthian semi-column

   • Delphi Museum
   • Britannica

4. Tholos at Epidaurus begins, featuring Corinthian interior

   Jan 1, 365 BCELabels: Tholos at, Corinthian interior

   • Britannica
   • Epidaurus Tholos

5. Philippeion at Olympia begun with Corinthian interior

   Jan 1, 338 BCELabels: Philippeion at, Philip II

   • Britannica
   • Philippeion

6. Choragic Monument of Lysicrates uses exterior Corinthian

   Jan 1, 334 BCELabels: Choragic Monument, Athens

   • Britannica
   • Lysicrates

7. Athens Olympieion revived as major Corinthian temple project

   Jan 1, 174 BCELabels: Temple of, Antiochus IV

   • Olympieion
   • WHE

8. Antiochus IV dies; Olympieion construction halts again

   Jan 1, 164 BCELabels: Temple of, Antiochus IV

   • Olympieion
   • WHE

9. Tower of the Winds built in Athens (Hellenistic Corinthian details)

   Jan 1, 100 BCELabels: Tower of, Athens Agora

   • Smithsonian
   • Tower Winds

10. Vitruvius records origin story for Corinthian capital

    Jan 1, 25 BCELabels: Vitruvius, Callimachus

    • De Architectura
    • Corinthian Order

11. Roman monumental Corinthian: Temple of Mars Ultor dedicated

    Jan 1, 2 BCELabels: Temple of, Augustus

    • Mars Ultor
    • Forum Augustus

12. Hadrian completes Temple of Olympian Zeus in Corinthian order

    Jan 1, 131Labels: Temple of, Hadrian

    • Olympieion
    • WHE