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 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)

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

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

There is, then, no reason in the nature of things why the whole western part of the Parthenon should not be called opisthodomos.

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