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Originally appearing in Volume V08, Page 369 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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DODECASTYLE (Gr. & eica, twelve, and vrIXos, See also:column) , the architectural See also:term given to a See also:temple where the See also:portico has twelve columns in front, as in the portico added to the temple of See also:Demeter at See also:Eleusis, designed by See also:Philo, the architect of the See also:arsenal at the See also:Peiraeus .

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