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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 88 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANTAE (a See also:Lat. plural word, possibly from ante, before)  , an architectural See also:term given to slightly projecting See also:pilaster strips which terminate the winged walls of the naos of a See also:Greek See also:temple . They owe their origin to the See also:vertical posts of See also:timber employed in the See also:primitive palaces or temples of See also:Greece, as at See also:Tiryns and in the Heraeum at See also:Olympia, to carry the roof timbers, as no reliance could be placed on the walls built with unburnt See also:brick or in See also:rubble See also:masonry with See also:clay See also:mortar . When between these winged walls there are columns to carry the See also:architrave, so as to See also:form a See also:porch, the latter is said to be in-antis .

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