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pteron
[ ter-on ]
noun
Architecture.
- (in a classical temple) a colonnade parallel to, but apart from, the cella.
- the space between this and the cella.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins
Origin of pteron1
1840–50; < Latin < Greek ±è³Ù±ð°ùó²Ô literally, wing
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Pteron, tē′ron, n. a range of columns, portico.—n.
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The building consisted of five parts—a basement or podium, a pteron or enclosure of columns, a pyramid, a pedestal and a chariot group.
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From the portions that have been recovered, it appears that the principal frieze of the pteron represented combats of Greeks and Amazons.
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Above the pteron rose the pyramid, mounting by 24 steps to an apex or pedestal.
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An order of insects, so called from a peculiarity in their wings, the superior being coriaceous at the base and membranous at the apex, ἡμισυ, hemisu, half, and πτεÏον, pteron, wing.
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