EXEDRA  , or ExHEDRA (from Gr. i , out, and ihpa, a seat), an architectural See also:

• TERM

term originally applied to a seat or See also:

• RECESS (Lat. recessus, a going back, withdrawal, from recedere, to withdraw)

recess out of doors, intended for conversation . Such recesses were generally semicircular, as in the important example built by Herodes See also:

• ATTICUS, TITUS POMPONIUS (109–32 B.c.)

Atticus at See also:

• OLYMPIA

Olympia . In the See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• ROMAN

Roman thermae (See also:

• BATHS

baths) they were of large See also:

• SIZE

size, and like apses were covered with a hemispherical vault . An example of these exists at See also:

• POMPEII

Pompeii in the See also:

• STREET
• STREET, GEORGE EDMUND (1824-1881)

Street of the Tombs . From See also:

• VITRUVIUS (MARCUS VITRUVIUS POLLIO)

Vitruvius we learn that they were often covered over, and they are described by him (v .