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Propylon \Prop"y*lon\, n.; pl. Propyla. [NL., from Gr. ?; ? before + ? a gate.] (Anc. Arch.) The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.
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n. (context architecture historical English) The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.
Usage examples of "propylon".
I well remember the morning when I stood before the propylon, or chief entrance of Karnak.
It is from the Pharaohs, however, that you must seek for the vast and the gigantic: the pyramid, the propylon, the colossus, the catacomb, the obelisk, and the sphinx.
The entrance to this temple is through a magnificent propylon, that is, a portal flanked by massy pyramidal moles.
I well remember the morning I stood before the propylon, or chief entrance of Karnak.
They were, doubtless, once seated on each side of a propylon, as at Luxor, and in all probability were flanked by obelisks.
Walking rapidly, as usual in boots, breeches and soutane, he strode up the rocky ramp to the Acropolis, through the frowning Propylon, past the Erechtheum, on up the incline with its slippery rough stones to the Parthenon, and.
Pharaohs lay, were separate temples, each to the east of its corresponding pyramid, and connec ted by a causeway to a massive gate-chapel or propylon at the edge of the rock plateau.
The small tombs have their chapels contained in their stone mastabas or superstructures, but the mortuary chapels of the pyramids, where regal Pharaohs lay, were separate temples, each to the east of its corresponding pyramid, and connected by a causeway to a massive gate-chapel or propylon at the edge of the rock plateau.
Chapter 10 Julia stood among the crowd inside the propylon of the Asklepion and listened to the seemingly endless program of poets competing in the triennial festival honoring the god.
She walked quickly across the courtyard and through the propylon to the people-thronged street beyond.