megaron
Megăron
(μέγαρον). In many Greek temples a spacedivided off and sometimes subterranean, which only the priest was allowed to enter. (See templum.) The word originally denoted the large hall or chief room in the early (Homeric) Greek house, with the roof supported by columns, the light entering through the doors, the smoke-hole, and the apertures (ὀπαῖα) just under the roof. See domus, p. 537.
megaron
In many Greek temples a space divided off and sometimes subterranean, which only the priest was allowed to enter.
Description: Originally the large hall or chief room in the early (Homeric) Greek house, with the roof supported by columns, the light entering through the doors, the smoke-hole, and the apertures just under the roof.