pteroma

For the idea of the pteroma and the arrangement of the columns round

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Others actually remove the temple walls, transferring them to the intercolumniations, and thus, by dispensing with the space needed for a pteroma, greatly increase the extent of the cella.

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If the temple is to be more than twenty feet in width, let two columns be placed between the two antae, to separate the pteroma from the pronaos.

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The triglyphs still appear around the cella wall under the pteroma ceiling, an illogical detail destined to disappear in later buildings.

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_Pseudoperipteral_; with false or engaged columns built into the walls of the cella, leaving no pteroma.

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The frieze about the cella wall under the pteroma ceiling, representing in low relief with masterly skill the Panathenaic procession; the sculptured groups in the metopes, and the superb assemblages of Olympic and symbolic figures of colossal size in the pediments, added their majesty to the perfection of the architecture.

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The pteroma had under the exterior roof a ceiling of stone or marble, deeply panelled between transverse architraves.

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The external aisle on either side of the cella was called the _pteroma_.

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The pteroma was entirely enclosed by walls with engaged columns showing externally, and was of extraordinary width.

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Panathenaic procession from the cella-wall under the pteroma ceiling.

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