naos

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1. naos - Noun

2. Naos - Proper noun

Meaning

A term used by modern archaeologists instead of cella. See Cella.

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A Doric frieze at the top of the walls of the naos consisted of metopes depicting people, with the heads and naked parts of the women made of Parian marble and the rest from local stone. Source: Internet

Banister Fletcher The core of the building is a masonry-built "naos" within which is a cella, a windowless room originally housing the statue of the god. Source: Internet

As with Temple C, there are many circular and square cavities in the pavement of the peristyle and of the naos, whose function is unknown. Source: Internet

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

Athena Parthenos main The only piece of sculpture from the Parthenon known to be from the hand of Phidias citation was the statue of Athena housed in the naos. Source: Internet

Even in antiquity, its architectural refinements were legendary, especially the subtle correspondence between the curvature of the stylobate, the taper of the naos walls and the entasis of the columns." Source: Internet

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