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Epinaos

1911 Encyclopedia Britannica

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(Gr. i ri, after, and vaos, a temple), in architecture, the open vestibule behind the nave. The term is not found in any classic author, but is a modern coinage, originating in Germany, to differentiate the feature from "opisthodomus," which in the Parthenon was an enclosed chamber.

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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Epinaos'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​e/epinaos.html. 1910.
 
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