opisthodomos

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[op-is-thod-uh-muhs, -mos] / ˌɒp ɪsˈθɒd ə məs, -ˌmɒs /

noun

opisthodomoses plural

1. Also called posticum.  a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.

2. epinaos.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• opisthodomoses
  plural

Etymology

Origin of opisthodomos

1690–1700; < Greek opisthódomos, equivalent to opistho- opistho- + dómos house

Example Sentences

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opisthodomos

The pronaos and opisthodomos were each bounded by two Doric columns between antae, surmounted by metopes.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

Lolling maintains that the eastern cella of the Parthenon was the Parthenon proper, that the western room of the Parthenon was the opisthodomos, and that the νεως ό Έκατόμπεδος was the pre-Persian temple.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

An opisthodomos was a part of each building, and, if I was right in Page 13 my observations above, the new one, like the old, was called simply ο οπισθόδομος.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various

The temple consisted of a central cella with a pronaos and opisthodomos, and was surrounded by a Doric colonnade, having six columns at the ends and fifteen columns at the sides.

From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.

But hitherto the opisthodomos in question has been supposed to be the rear part of the Parthenon, and there is no direct proof that Demosthenes and Xenophon refer to the same fire.

From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various