opisthodomos
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Also called posticum. a small room in the cella of a classical temple, as for a treasury.
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Origin of opisthodomos
1690–1700; < Greek opisthódomos, equivalent to opistho- opistho- + dómos house
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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 word οπισθόδομος does not occur in the inscription, and we cannot tell whether the western half of the building was called opisthodomos in the sixth century or not.
From The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1 by Various
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.
There was in large temples a porch of approach, the pronaos, and another behind, the opisthodomos.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
The most celebrated example of such ornamentation was the box of Kypselos, in the opisthodomos of the temple of Hera at Olympia.
From Museum of Antiquity A Description of Ancient Life by Haines, T. L. (Thomas Louis)
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