A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Vitravius (iii. 1) says that the Amphiprostyloshas every part which the Prostylos has, and more-over it has columns and a pediment in the posticumafter the same manner. This posticum (the Greekopisthodomus) appears to have been of two kinds ;either a mere portico attached to the back wall of thecella, or a larger space, as shown in the figure. TEMPLUM. 1107 IV. Peripteral, Hexastyle, of the The above plan is that of a Roman Peripteros:to represent the Grecian Peripteros two columnsshould be added to each side, and the length thusgain
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . Vitravius (iii. 1) says that the Amphiprostyloshas every part which the Prostylos has, and more-over it has columns and a pediment in the posticumafter the same manner. This posticum (the Greekopisthodomus) appears to have been of two kinds ;either a mere portico attached to the back wall of thecella, or a larger space, as shown in the figure. TEMPLUM. 1107 IV. Peripteral, Hexastyle, of the The above plan is that of a Roman Peripteros:to represent the Grecian Peripteros two columnsshould be added to each side, and the length thusgained thrown into the opisthodomus. In this formthere were two columns between the antae termi-nating the projecting walls ; and the three inter-columniations thus formed were fenced with marblerailings (plutei, Vitruv. iv. 4), with gates in themgiving access to the prodomus, as shown by thelines in the figure. This species of temple was not only more splen-did than the former, but also more fully adapted forthe performance of grand religious ceremonies, asthe continuous portico all round it would give shel-ter and passage to a large number of people. Ac-cordingly we find that several of the most celebratedGreek temples are of this form ; such as that ofZeus Nemeus between Argos and Corinth, of Con-cord at Agrigentum, of Theseus at Athens, whichhas no pillars between the antae of the posticum,4 b 2 1108 TEMPLUM. V. Dipteral and Pseudodipteral, O
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