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    In classical architecture, amphiprostyle (from the Greek ἀμφί (amphi), on both sides, and πρόστυλος (prostylos), a portico) denotes an ancient temple...
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    amphiprostyles. The Romans favoured the four columned portico for their pseudoperipteral temples like the Temple of Portunus, and for amphiprostyle temples...
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  • Acropolis of Athens (IG I3 35). The temple in question is either the amphiprostyle Temple of Athena Nike now visible on the site or a small-scale predecessor...
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    southern Italy. The subsequent evolution of temple design came with the amphiprostyle, where there are rows of columns both in front and at the back of the...
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    columns. A pseudoperipteral building with a portico at each end is an amphiprostyle. Examples include the small Temple of Athena Nike and Temple of Venus...
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    structure with a colonnaded portico at both front and rear facades (amphiprostyle), designed by the architect Kallikrates. The columns along the east...
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    porch, like the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnus. (see above, figure 1.) Amphiprostyle tetrastyle describes a small temple that has columns at both ends which...
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    pronaos or porch, like the Temple of Nemesis at Rhamnus.(see figure 1.) Amphiprostyle tetrastyle describes a small temple that has columns at both ends which...
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    antae are called distyle. The next evolution in temple design came with amphiprostyle, where four columns stand in line on the porch in front of a naos. Reconstruction...
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    Federal Hall is 60 feet (18 m) in diameter. The rotunda is designed as an amphiprostyle: it has balconies on four sides, but it lacks columns between each balcony...
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