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

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