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The article describes the kosmos in Greece and the imagery of the archaic Greek temple. A Greek word, kosmos refers to the unmistakable idea of order, both in the material and moral sense. The term also signifies form, government, decoration, and honor. Words such as ornament and splendor and everything that describes the beauty of the architectural form are also attached to kosmos. The components of Greek temple decoration include acroteria, pediments, and friezes. The archaic temple decoration has an interaction with the ritual dimension.

The article offers information on William Salomon's architectural marbles in the collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts in Michigan. The overdoor pediments are executed in the same mixed marble technique. The pediments were placed at the height of the friezes, each dominated by a round cartouche and spanned by an ornament-encrusted omega arch. Following the death of Salomon, his house and many of its contents were sold at an auction. The installation of the reliefs in his entry hall represented a personal decorative statement.

Discusses the identity and composition of the central figures of the Gigantomachy pediment of the Old Athena Temple on the Acropolis in Athens, Greece. Background on the Gigantomachy myth; Fragmentary horses shown on the frontal chariot team; Klaus Stahler's suggestion of Zeus' presence in the chariot; Icongraphy established for the myth; Suggestion of Herakles' presence in the chariot.

Presents an abstract of a paper discussed during the 1993 Archaeological Institute of America's annual meeting. Reconstructions of the pediments of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia.