Pteron
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Pte·ron
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(Anat.) The region of the skull, in the temporal fossa back of the orbit, where the great wing of the sphenoid, the temporal, the parietal, and the frontal hones approach each other.
1. In a Classical temple, the passageway between the walls of the cella and the columns of the peristyle.
2. The side of a Classical temple or the row of columns along one side of the temple.
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Pteron
Pteron (Gr. πτερον – pteron — wing) is an architectural term used by Pliny the Elder for the peristyle of the tomb of Mausolus, which was raised on a lofty podium, and so differed from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate, as in Greek temples, or on a low podium, as in Roman temples.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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Chisholm, Hugh, ed (1911). "Pteron". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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