Pteron

{{short description|External colonnade around a building, common in Classical architecture}} {{Italics title}}

thumb | right | Pteron of the Parthenon In Classical architecture, a '''''pteron''''' ({{langx|grc|πτερον}}, 'wing') is an external colonnade around a building, especially an Ancient Greek temple.<ref>Lawrence, A. W., ''Greek Architecture'', p. xxxi, 1957, Penguin, Pelican history of art; FHP, 254</ref> The ''pteroma'' or ''peristasis'' is the passage between the columns and the wall in a temple,<ref>FHP, 254</ref> the peristyle that in an inward-facing courtyard or garden.<ref>FHP, 240</ref>

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==References== *"FHP": John Fleming, Hugh Honour and Nikolaus Pevsner, ''The Penguin Dictionary of Architecture'', 3rd edn, 1980, Penguin, ISBN 0140510133

Category:Colonnades Category:Ancient Roman architectural elements