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Pteron
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(Gr. irmpov, a wing), an architectural term used by Pliny for the peristyle of the tomb of Mausolus, which was raised on a lofty podium, and so differed from an ordinary peristyle raised only on a stylobate, as in Greek temples, or on a low podium, as in Roman temples.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pteron'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pteron.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Pteron'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/p/pteron.html. 1910.
