ep·i·style

(ĕp′ĭ-stīl′)

[Latin epistȳlium, from Greek epistūlion : epi-, epi- + stūlos, pillar; see stā- in Indo-European roots.]

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epistyle

(ˈɛpɪˌstaɪl)

(Architecture) another name for architrave¹

[C17: via Latin epistӯlium from Greek epistulion, from epi- + stulos column, style]

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References in periodicals archive

(4) Diodorus Siculus 17.115.2: "they erected the entire structure on quadrilateral plan"; Diodorus Siculus 18.26.5: "a golden cornice which was square in format"; Athenaeus 196B: "a square epistyle".

Reading between the loins:a curious anomaly in the portrayal of the male physique in Greek sculpture

As a combined epistyle block, with a frieze over an architrave having triple fasciae, it is typical of the Late Hellenistic through Julio-Claudian periods.

The Athenian Prytaneion discovered?

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