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Definition of Propyla
Propyla Propylon Prop"y*lon, n.; pl. Propyla. [NL., from Gr. ?; ?
before + ? a gate.] (Anc. Arch.)
The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.
- front of the propyla were two colossallions in granite, behindwhichstood a pair of obelisks, each 13 metres (43 ft) high. The propyla were pyramidal... - Archäologie. Mainz 1990. p. 12; Meral Ortac: Die ****enistischen und römischen Propyla in Kleinasien. 2001, p. 115 (Online ArchivedApril 9, 2008, at the Wayback... - that he dedicated the temple of Zeus, the southern and easternentrances (propyla), and built the so-called 'Doric house' (oikos). Unlike Mausolus, Idrieus...
