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See also:DIAULOS (from Gr. &-, See also:double, and ai,X6s, See also:pipe) , in See also:architecture, the See also:peristyle See also:round the See also:great See also:court of the See also:palaestra, described by See also:Vitruvius (v . II), which measured two stadia (1200 ft.) in length; on the See also:south See also:side this peristyle had two rows of columns, so that in stormy See also:weather the See also:rain might not be driven into the inner See also:part . The word was also used in See also:ancient See also:Greece for a See also:foot-See also:race of twice the usual length . |
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