Pteron

<i>Pteron</i>

Pteron

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Pteron (Gr. πτερον, "wing") is an architectural term meaning the external colonnade around a building, especially an Ancient Greek temple.[1] The pteroma or peristasis is the passage between the columns and the wall in a temple,[2] the peristyle that in an inward-facing courtyard or garden.[3]

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  1. [1]
    Lawrence, A. W., Greek Architecture, p. xxxi, 1957, Penguin, Pelican history of art; FHP, 254
  2. [2]
    FHP, 254
  3. [3]
    FHP, 240

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