opisthodomos meaning in Hindi

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1. At the rear there was an opisthodomos in antis, which could not be accessed from the naos.
2. The building has a pronaos, a cella housing cult images at the centre of the structure, and an opisthodomos.
3. On the Athenian Acropolis especially, the opisthodomos came to be a treasury, where the revenues and precious dedications of the temple were kept.
4. Architecturally, the opisthodomos ( as a back room ) balances the pronaos or porch of a temple, creating a plan with diaxial symmetry.
5. *"'Delete "'" Opisthodomos " is an architectural feature of ancient Greek temples, and would be best discussed in Greek temple.
6. Both the pronaos and the opisthodomos are decorated with continuous Ionic friezes ( instead of the more typical Doric triglyphs, supplementing the sculptures at the pediments and the metopes.
7. The temple is of a relatively modest size, with the stylobate measuring 38.3 by 14.5 metres containing a naos " and an " opisthodomos ".
8. The frieze of the pronaos depicts a scene from the battle of Theseus with the Pallantides in the presence of gods while the frieze of the opisthodomos shows the battle of Centaurs and Lapiths.
9. In the main temple was placed the wooden statue ( from olive wood ) of Athena Polias, and in the megaron ( or opisthodomos ) votives, the treasures, and material of the worship.
10. The opisthodomos was transformed in to an empty space behind the naos ( " adyton " ), and the intercolumniation was wide in the facade, but on the sides was contracted to a more sensible dimension.