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Peripteros

A peripteros surrounded by a peristasis

In Classical architecture, a peripteros (Ancient Greek: περίπτερος; see peripterous) is a type of ancient Greek or Roman temple surrounded by a portico with columns. It is surrounded by a colonnade (pteron) on all four sides of the cella (naos), creating a four-sided arcade, or peristyle (peristasis).[1] By extension, it also means simply the perimeter of a building (typically a classical temple), when that perimeter is made up of columns.[2] The term is frequently used of buildings in the Doric order.[2]

  1. ^ Smith, William; Wayte, William; Marindin, G. D., eds. (1890). "Templum". A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Albemarie St.: John Murray.
  2. ^ a b Reber, Franz von; Joseph Thacher Clarke (1882). History of Ancient Art. University of Wisconsin - Madison: Harper & Brothers. pp. 419–420. Retrieved 2007-11-06. peripteros.

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