Pseudoperipteros

Pseudoperipteros

A pseudoperipteros is a form of the Greek temple . The designation is evidenced by Vitruvius ( de architectura 4.8.6).

A temple is called a pseudoperipteros , the peripteral column ring ( peristasis ) of which has been reduced on the long sides and mostly on the back to form half - columns or wall columns. Dealing with the cella , Pteron , does not really exist with it.

Faded column orders were developed in the time of the Greek classical period and after earlier forerunners in Sicily and in southern Italy in the Hellenistic period they were also transferred to the outside of a temple (Temple L in Epidaurus ). The temple type found wider distribution towards the end of the 2nd century BC. BC and in the Augustan period in Roman architecture. Examples are:

• the Temple of Portunus in the Forum Boarium in Rome
• the Temple of the Sibyl in Tivoli
• the Capitol in Puteoli
• the temple on the terraced sanctuary of Terracina
• the temple of Gaius and Lucius Caesar in Nîmes ( Maison Carrée )

See also Pseudodipteros .

literature

• Christoph Höcker : Metzler Lexicon of Ancient Architecture. 2nd edition Metzler, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-476-02294-3 . P. 202
• Arnd Hennemeyer: Characteristics of the pseudoperipteros and pseudoperipteral orders in Greek architecture In: Thekla Schulz : Dipteros and Pseudodipteros. Architectural history and archaeological research (international conference November 13-15, 2009 at the University of Regensburg). BYZAS 12. Ege Yayinlari Publishing House, Istanbul 2012, ISBN 978-605-5607-74-6 . Pp. 233-251