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See also:THESAURUS (Gr. B17o-avp6s) , the See also:term in See also:architecture given to the See also:Greek treasure See also:house, and at one See also:time applied to the beehive tombs of See also:Mycenae and other parts of See also:Greece, now recognized as tombs; the subterranean See also:chambers under some of the Greek temples were probably used as treasure rooms . Sometimes in the See also:rear of the See also:cella of a Greek See also:temple there was a chamber, known as the opisthodomus, in which the treasures were kept; and, failing this See also:provision, the See also:epinaos or rear See also:portico of the temple was enclosed with large railings and utilized for the same purpose; in this See also:case the term opisthodomus was applied to it . " See also:Thesaurus " is also used of a See also:dictionary, or See also:lexicon, as being a " treasure house " or See also:store of knowledge . |
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