Araeostyle
Araeostyle (Gr. Ancient Greek: αραιος, "weak" or "widely spaced", and Ancient Greek: στυλος, "column") is an architectural term for the intercolumniation given to those temples where the columns had only timber architraves to carry.
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- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Araeostyle". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
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