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A manual of Greek archaeology (1886)

Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 82

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e secure theobjects placed within the en-closure. The naos, or cella(d), to which the pronaos gaveaccess, was pre-eminently theabode of the god. It was di-vided into a nave and two aislesby two rows of superimposedcolumns. In each of therows the lower tier of columns,of the Doric order, rested… … Fig. 19.—PLAN OF A GREEK TEMPLE. (Parthenon.) 7° GREEK ARCHEOLOGY. rested another tier, which was sometimes Ionic, some-times Doric. It is not known whether or not thissecond story was floored, thus forming a sort of gallery.In the Parthenon Paccard has failed to discover anytraces of stairs, which…

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