Editing Pythius of Priene (section)

=== Criticism of the Doric Order ===
[[File:Horse Halicarnassus BM 1002.jpg|thumb|A colossal marble horse from the quadriga on top of the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, a sculpture group made by Pythius. British Museum.]]
Pythius together with [[Arcesius (architect)|Arcesius]] and [[Hermogenes of Priene|Hermogenes]] disparaged the [[Doric order]], according to Vitruvius (IV.3.1), for the "faults and incongruities" caused by the frieze of [[triglyph]]s, which required altering the regular spacing of columns at the corners ("[[Doric order#Spacing the triglyphs|the Doric corner conflict]]"). Pythius, who worked in [[Ionia]], appears to have used the [[Ionic order]] exclusively.