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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 169 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PERIPTERAL (Gr. irepi,
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round, and 7rTep6v, a wing)  , in
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architecture, the
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term applied to a
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temple or other structure where the columns of the front
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portico are returned along its sides as wings at the distance of one or two intercolumniations from the walls of the naos or
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cella . Almost all the
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Greek temples were
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peripteral, whether Doric, Ionic, or Corinthian (see TEMPLE) .

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