opisthodomos

[op-is-thod-uh-muh s, -mos]

noun, plural op·is·thod·o·mos·es.

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

Origin of opisthodomos

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

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Historical Examples of opisthodomos

Demosthenes (xxiv, 136) speaks of a fire in the opisthodomos.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
Various
The temple was decastyle, dipteral, with pronaos and vestibule, but no opisthodomos.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4
Various
There was in large temples a porch of approach, the pronaos, and another behind, the opisthodomos.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4
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The most celebrated example of such ornamentation was the box of Kypselos, in the opisthodomos of the temple of Hera at Olympia.
Museum of Antiquity
L. W. Yaggy
It is natural to regard this (with Lolling) as Page 11 the opisthodomos where the treasure was kept.
The American Journal of Archaeology, 1893-1
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