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pseudo-peripteral

pseudo-peripteral

A peripteral temple with some, or all, of its columns engaged to the exterior of the cella wall.

Description: "Falsely peripteral". An epithet of a temple in which the side columns were "engaged" in the wall of the cella instead of standing out at a distance from it.

  • engaged column
  • peripteral

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