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Definition of Peribolos

Peribolos
Peribolos Pe*rib"o*los, n. [Nl., fr. Gr. ?, fr. ?, adj., going round, fr. ? to throw round; cf. L. peribolus.] In ancient architecture, an inclosed court, esp., one surrounding a temple.

Meaning of Peribolos from wikipedia

- included: the peribolos wall and gate in the Sanctuary of Zeus (Altis), north of the Temple of Zeus at Olympia, Greece; the peribolos enclosing the Altar...
- teichos or μικρὸν τεῖχος, mikron teichos, "small wall") by a terrace, the peribolos(περίβολος). Between the outer wall and the moat (σοῦδα, souda) there stretched...
- often physically marked by a peribolos fence or wall (e.g. Delphi) as a structural boundary. Originally, the peribolos was often just a set of marker...
- Entrance and peribolos of the Temple of Poseidon, island of Kalaureia....
- Reconstruction of the peribolos at Babylon, including the temple of Esagila, from The excavations at Babylon (1914)...
- foundations of the ****enistic temple remain. The temple stood within a peribolos (15 by 20 metres (49 by 66 ft)) in Doric style. The structures of the...
- socle and mudbrick upper level) peribolos wall enclosing an area of c. 40 by 45 m dating to this phase. This peribolos was not aligned to the axis of the...
- 317, when Demetrios of Phaleron banned any more elaborate mausolea. A peribolos tomb has a high wall facing onto a road, which retains the earth fill...
- depicts the Spartan king Leonidas I.: 266  It was found southwest of peribolos of the Athena Chalkioikos on the Acropolis of Sparta.: 240  The sculpture...
- a fountain and a nymphaeum, were observed within the perimeter of the peribolos area. Both temples are centered-plan structures, with the north fanum...