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Updated: May 8, 2025
An example will be found at the Three Fortunes, in that one of the three which is nearest the Colline gate. The prostyle is in all respects like the temple in antis, except that at the corners, opposite the antae, it has two columns, and that it has architraves not only in front, as in the case of the temple in antis, but also one to the right and one to the left in the wings.
An example of this is the temple of Jove and Faunus in the Island of the Tiber. The amphiprostyle is in all other respects like the prostyle, but has besides, in the rear, the same arrangement of columns and pediment. A temple will be peripteral that has six columns in front and six in the rear, with eleven on each side including the corner columns.
It was probably prostyle, with a pediment in front which has gone; under the cornice is a rich frieze with symbols denoting a dedication to Jupiter. The door is richly ornamented, and is nearly 20 ft. high by a little more than 8ft. broad. The building has a wagon vault of three courses, carved with cofferings and rosettes above a magnificent cornice.
The essential feature is an enclosed chamber, commonly called by the Latin name cella, in which stood, as a rule, the image of the god or goddess to whom the temple was dedicated. Between the antae are two columns. This type of temple is called a templum in antis. Did a vestibule exist at the front only, the temple would be called prostyle; as it is, it is amphiprostyle.
Afterwards, however, when Demetrius of Phalerum was master of Athens, Philo set up columns in front before the temple, and made it prostyle. Thus, by adding an entrance hall, he gave the initiates more room, and imparted the greatest dignity to the building.
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