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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 875 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PODIUM (Gr. lr66tov, diminutive of ?roils,
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foot)  , the name in
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architecture for a continuous
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pedestal, or
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low
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wall on which columns are carried, consisting of a
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cornice or capping, a dado or
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die, and a moulded
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plinth . In the
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Etruscan and
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Roman temples the whole structure was raised on a
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podium, with a
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flight of steps on the
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principal front, enclosed between the prolongation of the podium wall .

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