opisthodomos

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

noun

plural

opisthodomoses

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

2. epinaos.

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Etymology

Origin of opisthodomos

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

It cannot be identical with the νεώς ό Έκατόμπεδος nor with the opisthodomos, for the three appellations occur at the same date evidently designating three different places.

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

The temple was decastyle, dipteral, with pronaos and vestibule, but no opisthodomos.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various

But, if the western room of the Periclean temple was the opisthodomos, where was the Παρθενών proper?

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