Temenos

The Temenos ( Greek τέμενος for sanctuary, pl. The Temene ; from τέμνειν temnein - "cut off") denotes the delimited area of a (originally Greek) sanctuary . The enclosure itself, called peribolos , is usually formed by walls, often higher than a man's height, or porticoes , sometimes by fences. The access to the sanctuary is mostly architecturally framed by a gate, a propylon .

In Mycenaean times the word temenos (te-me-no) could designate any demarcated area, so the royal estate was called wanakteros temenos ( wa-na-ka-te-ro te-me-no "royal temenos / country estate").

Individual evidence

^ Antonín Bartoněk : Handbook of Mycenaean Greek (= Indo-European Library. Series 1). Winter, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8253-1435-9 , p. 512.

[1] Antonín Bartoněk : Handbook of Mycenaean Greek (= Indo-European Library. Series 1). Winter, Heidelberg 2003, ISBN 3-8253-1435-9 , p. 512.