adyton

Noun

Meaning

adyton (plural adyta or adytons)

Synonym of adytum

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Examples

At the back of the central aisle was an adyton, separated from the walls of the naos and entirely contained within it. Source: Internet

Inside, there is a portico containing a second row of columns, a pronaos, a naos, and an adyton in single long, narrow structure (an archaic characteristic). Source: Internet

Selinos AR Tetradrachm 82000284 Art and other discoveries from Selinus *The Great Table of Selinus was discovered in the adyton of Temple G in 1871. Source: Internet

At the back there was a square adyton, to which a third space was added in a later period. Source: Internet

In the French excavation report on the temple, Fernand Courby shows that the adyton was unlike those found in other temples as it was not central, but on the southwestern side, interrupting the normal symmetry of the Doric temple. Source: Internet

The naos was a step higher than the pronaos and the adyton was a step higher again. Source: Internet

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