Prostylos

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Prostylos

As prostylos refers to a type of Greek temple . In the prostylos, the pronaos , the vestibule of an antic temple , or the cella of a temple in the absence of a pronaos, a row of columns is presented over the entire width (cf. Vitruvius III 2, 3). This column position can also be extended by columns on the flanks, so that prostyle vestibules of, for example, 4 × 2 columns are created. An example of this is the Hellenistic temple in the Holy District of Dodona . Simple prostyloi are, for example, the temple A on Paros , the treasure house of Gela in Olympia , the temple of Apollon Patroos on the Athens agora , the Demeter temple in Miletus or the Zeus - Sosipolis temple in Magnesia .

A variant of the prostylos, which has a row of columns on the front and back, is the amphiprostylos .

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