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Originally appearing in Volume V02, Page 234 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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APTERAL (from the Gr. eorrepos, wingless, a-, privative and Irmpov, a wing)

APTERAL (from the Gr. eorrepos, wingless, a-, privative and Irmpov, a wing) , an architectural See also:

TERM

term applied to See also:

AMPHIPROSTYLE (from the Gr. &µ¢i, on both sides, and apoo rvXos, a portico)

amphiprostyle temples which have no columns on the sides; in the Ionic See also:

temple on the See also:

ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

Acropolis at See also:

Athens known as See also:

NIKE

Nike Apteros, the See also:

ADJECTIVE (from the Lat. adjectives, added)

adjective is used, not as applying to the goddess of victory but to the See also:

ABSENCE (Lat. absentia)

absence of any See also:

PERISTYLE (Gr. wept, round, and oriaos, column)

peristyle on the sides .

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