{"schema":"https://ver.cy/schemas/card/1.0.0","id":"vr.tr.crepidoma","code":"thing-q743919","url":"https://ver.cy/models/thing/q743919/","name":"crepidoma","alternateNames":[],"kind":"thing","status":"research-draft","version":"0.2.0-wave.3","language":"en","classifiers":{"family":"Thing Registry","category":"Physical world and living systems","entryKind":"thing","plane":"PHY","domain":["PHY.BLT"],"industry":[],"navPath":"","tags":[],"facets":{}},"whatItIs":"The stepped platform on which a classical Greek temple stands, usually of three steps, with the top step called the stylobate carrying the columns and the lower steps forming the crepidoma proper, sometimes with a euthynteria levelling course below; the crepidoma raises the temple above the ground, sets its proportions and, in refined temples such as the Parthenon, is subtly curved to correct optical effects.","purpose":"Let an agent explain the crepidoma and its parts, relay its role in classical temple design and proportion, 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