- In
classical architecture, the
adyton (Ancient Gr****: ἄδῠτον [
ádyton], 'innermost sanctuary, shrine', lit. 'not to be entered') or
adytum (Latin) was...
- was a
signal that the
oracle was open. The
Oracle then
descended into the
adyton (Gr**** for 'inaccessible') and
mounted her
tripod seat,
holding laurel leaves...
- room of an
ancient Gr****
temple or to the
inner shrine, also
called the
adyton ('not to be entered'). The
confusion arises from the lack of
agreement in...
- the
floor plan
Pronaos Naos or
Cella Adyton (exceptional)
Opisthodomos (sometimes omitted)
Opisthodomos +
Adyton + Naos +
Pronaos These components allowed...
- then
spend the
night in the
holiest part of the
sanctuary – the
abaton (or
adyton). Any
dreams or
visions would be
reported to a
priest who
would prescribe...
- too, he said, the
lingam (phallus)
stands in the
sacred cavity of the
adyton (Holy of Holies), in the
garbha griha (house of the womb). This
pundit was...
- a naos with an
adyton and an
opisthodomos in antis,
separate from the naos. The naos was a step
higher than the
pronaos and the
adyton was a step higher...
-
filled with the
pneuma of Apollo, said to come from a
spring inside the
Adyton. In Didyma, an
oracle on the
coast of Anatolia,
south west of
Lydian (Luwian)...
-
Floor plan of the
Temple of
Apollo 1 = Opisthodomos, 2 =
Adyton, 3 = Naos, 4 = Pronaos...
-
ancient times it was
covered by a mesh of wool cloth, and it was kept in the
adyton (inner sanctum),
beside the
tripod and the
daphne (bay leaves) – the other...
