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προπύλαιος

προπύλαιος, before the gate

προπύλ-αιος [ῠ], α, ον, (πύλη)
  • before the gate, of the statues of gods, Ἀγυιεῦ τοὐμοῦ προθύρου προπύλαιε Ar. V. 875; π. Ἑρμῆς Paus. 1.22.8; Ἄρτεμις Id. 1.38.6.
    • II προπύλαια, τά, gateway, entrance, of Egyptian temples, Hdt. 2.63, 101, 121, etc.; on the Acropolis at Athens, IG 1(2).92.34, 366.45, Hdt. 5.77, Ar. Eq. 1326, Th. 2.13, D. 13.28, 22.13, Aeschin. 2.105, Plu. Per. 13; at Eleusis, τὰ π. τῆς Δήμητρος καὶ τῆς Κόρης IG 2(2).1187.25; at Epidaurus, ib. 42(I).742.23 (ii/iii A.D., prob.): also in sg., τὸ τοῦ Διονύσου π. And. 1.38, cf. IG 1(2).363.2, 2(2).1668.5, D.S. 1.67, AP 6.297 (Phan.).

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