Lexicographical Neighbors of Antae
Literary usage of Antae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Rome, Ancient and Modern, and Its Environs: And Its Environs by Jeremiah Donovan (1844)
"... two pilasters and two antae , with pedestals " , -lii '* and pediments of
cottanello marble. ..."
2. A Concise Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith, Francis Warre Cornish (1898)
"Jn u Greek private house the entrance was flanked by a pair of antae with no column^
... antae, temple at . AA, the antae ; BU, the cella, or rao t. (Plin. ..."
3. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"Let the remaining three parts, constituting the pronaos, extend to the antae
terminating the walls, which antae ought to be of the same thickness as the ..."
4. A School Dictionary of Greek & Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1851)
"These terms are seldom found except in the plural ; because the purpose served
by antae required that they should be erected corresponding to each other, ..."
5. Vitruvius, the Ten Books on Architecture by Vitruvius Pollio (1914)
"Let the remaining three parts, constituting the pronaos, extend to the antae
terminating the walls, which antae ought to be of the same thickness as the ..."
6. History of Art in Primitive Greece: Mycenian Art by Georges Perrot, Charles Chipiez (1894)
"As the walls were built of indifferent materials, antae served to strengthen
their corners, and enabled them to bear the weight of an entablature with ..."
Other Resources:
