Temple C (Selinus)

It was one of the most ancient of the temples at Selinus, having probably been built on the acropolis a little after the middle of the sixth century BC,[1] although its dating is controversial.

Although local Bourbon officials tried to stop them, they continued their work, and attempted to export their finds to England, destined for the British Museum.

The columns' diameters vary widely, following a flexible pattern with little regard for the rules of the Doric order, which had already become strict in Mainland Greece.

[8] The entablature was unusually high with a cornice made of two rows of stone blocks, surmounted by a gutter (sima) in coloured and decorated terracotta, some traces of which have been found and are now kept in the Antonino Salinas Regional Archeological Museum,[7] along with some notable metopai of the frieze.

Three metopes survive in full: a frontal view of a quadriga being driven vigorously by Helios, Perseus decapitating Medusa while Athena looks on, Heracles carrying the captured Cercopes on his shoulders.