Usually means: Rear room in ancient temples.
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▸ noun:  (Greek architecture) A porch at the rear of a temple, set against the blank back wall of the cella.

Similar:
epinaos, pronaos, naos, peripteros, peridrome, porch, xystos, xystus, exonarthex, sekos, more...

Opposite:
prodomos, antechamber, vestibule

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Similar:
epinaos, pronaos, naos, peripteros, peridrome, porch, xystos, xystus, exonarthex, sekos, more...

Opposite:
prodomos, antechamber, vestibule



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