- opisthodomus
- op·is·thod·o·mus
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opisthodomus
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OPISTHODOMUS — Graece Ὀπιςθόδομος, i. e. posticum, pars erat Templorum, apud Graecos Gentiles, post cellam, cuius meminit Publ. Victor de Urbis. Reg. 14. his verbis, Ante cellam (sanctiorem, solis rebus sacris distinatam) est prodomon, post templum Opisthodomon … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
opisthodomus — noun see opisthodomos … Useful english dictionary
Old Temple of Athena — Triple bodied creature from a pediment, possibly from the Old Temple of Athena The Old Temple of Athena was an Archaic temple located on the Acropolis of Athens. Until its destruction by the Persians in 480 BC, it was the shrine of Athena Polias … Wikipedia
Opisthodome — O*pis tho*dome, n. [L. opisthodomus, Gr. ?; o pisqen behind + do mos house: cf. F. opisthodome.] (Arch.) A back chamber; especially, that part of the naos, or cella, farthest from the main entrance, sometimes having an entrance of its own, and… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Parthenon — Not to be confused with Pantheon, Rome. For other uses, see Parthenon (disambiguation). Coordinates: 37°58′13″N 23°43′21″E / 37.97025°N 23.72247°E … Wikipedia
Greek temple — Greek temples (Ancient Greek: polytonic|ὁ ναός , gr. ho naós dwelling , semantically distinct from Latin la. templum temple ) were structures built to house the cult statues within Greek sanctuaries. The temples themselves did usually not… … Wikipedia
Walhalla — (vom altnordischen Val, d.i. Leiche, Tod, u. Halla, d.i. Raum, Ort), 1) der Aufenthaltsort der gefallenen Helden, s.u. Nordische Mythologie IV. 2) (Tempel deutscher Ehren), das dem Gedächtniß ausgezeichneter Deutschen auf einem 304 Fuß hohen… … Pierer's Universal-Lexikon
POSTICIUM — idem cum Postica: nisi quod maxime in Monasteriis vox usurpatur pro portula, per quam inducuntur, quae ad victum Monachorum vel Sanctimonialium, resque alias, necessaria sunt. Hinc Posticiaria, quae curam posticii habet, in Sanstimonialium… … Hofmann J. Lexicon universale
