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propylaeum
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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propylaeum entrance to a temple, etc.; introduction. XVIII. — L. — Gr.
propúlaion, sb. use of n. adj. ‘before the gate’, f.
PRO-2 +
púlē gate.
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NEW IMAGE FOR 3-D.(LIFE & LEISURE)
Newspaper article from: Albany Times Union (Albany, NY); 3/6/1996; 700+ words
; ...brooch hanging on the wall at the American Propylaea Corp. in Birmingham, Mich., glitters...Holograms have been around for 50 years, but Propylaea's are a far cry from those metallic...accustomed to. Using colored lasers, Propylaea pioneered full-color holograms. It...
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THE PETRA GREAT TEMPLE: A NABATAEAN ARCHITECTURAL MIRACLE
Magazine article from: Near Eastern Archaeology; 12/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...comprises the lowest terrace or propylaeum (monumental entryway...alterations were completed. The Propylaeum consists of three parallel...principal street up some thirty Propylaea entry steps with columns on...smaller west stairway into the Propylaeum where, built into the west...
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Acropolis restorers unveil marble copy of capital carved in the ancient way
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 4/12/2006; ; 541 words
; ...which will top a column in the monumental Propylaea gate leading to the Parthenon temple...replace one of the original six in the Propylaea, which also sported a group of six capitals...the more austere Doric style. "The Propylaea's ancient Ionic capitals are justly...
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Acropolis Restorers Unveil Copy of Column
News Wire article from: AP Online; 4/13/2006; 482 words
; ...techniques. It will form part of the Propylaea monumental gate, which is undergoing...will sit atop a column in the monumental Propylaea gate leading to the Parthenon. The Acropolis...sculptors, working for two years. "The Propylaea's ancient Ionic capitals are justly...
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HOLOGRAPHY TO BECOME $5-BILLION MARKET, SMRTEC CONFERENCE TOLD
PR Newswire; 11/21/1995; 700+ words
; ...officer of Birmingham, MI-based American Propylaea Corp. and Intrepid World Communications...can be digitized can be projected by Propylaea's LifeVision(TM) System, he said...CONTACT: Jim Fischbach of American Propylaea, 810-642-7000; or Gabe Werba of...
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Steam ahead: the proposed rebuilding of London's Euston station is an opportunity to atone for a great architectural crime.(ARCHITECTURE)
Magazine article from: Apollo; 10/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Nature by announcing it with a Doric propylaeum or gateway (not a triumphal arch...Group proved to the directors that the propylaeum could be re-erected further south...image of the railways represented by the propylaeum, that relic of the steam age, was...
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Ekmek, anyone?(Tourism)
Newspaper article from: Manila Bulletin; 11/12/2005; 700+ words
; ...the Temple of Athena Victory and the Propylaea. Perched on a hill overlooking the...concerts and other festivities. The Propylaea is the grand entrance of the Acropolis. To the south of the Propylaea is the Temple of Athena Nike (Victory...
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Greece's Acropolis to lose scaffolding after extensive facelift
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 7/20/2005; ; 625 words
; ...Parthenon and Athena Nike temples, as well as the massive Propylaea gate _ all built in the mid-5th century B.C. at the height...further repairs will be carried out to the Parthenon and the Propylaea, as well as the defensive wall surrounding the citadel...
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"Miserable huts" in post-146 B.C. Corinth.
Magazine article from: Hesperia; 6/22/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...inhabitants of 146-44 B.C. along the Lechaeum Road near the propylaea and in the area of the West Shops." Wiseman too offers support...discovered along the Lechaeum Road in the neighborhood of the 'Propylaea' and the 'Western Shops.'" (3) His note 553 reports...
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Save the archive
Magazine article from: The Spectator; 4/29/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Thomas, just like an architect, insisted that the stone propylaeum could not possibly be moved, but Albert Richardson and Lord...directors of the London & Birmingham Railway what his propylaeum and the flanking hotel blocks would look like. But, above...
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propylaeum
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
propylaeum , in Greek architecture, a monumental entrance to a sacred enclosure...Athens, Olympia, Eleusis, and Priene. The most splendid example are the Propylaea at Athens upon the west end of the Acropolis; their restored remains...
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acropolis
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...processional path at the west end, where the impressive Propylaea (see under propylaeum ) stood. From there, the Sacred Way led past...remains of the Parthenon, Erechtheum, and Propylaea still stand. Many of its treasures are in the...
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Greek architecture
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...465 BC), the Parthenon (c.447-432 BC), and the Propylaea (437-432 BC). The Greek colonies of the Asia Minor coast...Nike Apteros, Athens (438 BC), and to interiors as in the Propylaea, Athens. The third Greek order, the still more ornate Corinthian...
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Doric order
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...improvements produced the perfected order of the 5th cent. BC as it appeared in the Parthenon and the Propylaea at Athens (see under propylaeum ). It continued to be used by the Greeks until about the 2d cent. BC The Greek Doric column has no...
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Mycenaean architecture
Book article from: A Dictionary of Architecture and Landscape Architecture
...c. 1500–1200 BC, of which the megaron , propylaeum , in antis ( see anta) portico , court , and tholos...features of monumental building. At Tiryns there were two propylaea leading to the fortified palace complex: the outer gateway...
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