Amphiprostyle

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File:Temple of Athena Nikè from Propylaea, Acropolis, Athens, Greece.jpg
Northeast view of the Temple of Athena Nike, an amphiprostyle temple.
File:Temple jebel khalid.jpg
Plan of the temple at Jebel Khalid

In classical architecture, amphiprostyle (from the Greek Script error: No such module "Lang". (amphi), on both sides, and Script error: No such module "Lang". (prostylos), a portico) denotes an ancient temple with a portico both at the front and the rear,[1] where the columns on the narrow sides are not between antae.Template:Sfn The number of columns rarely exceeded four in the front and four in the rear. The best-known example is the tetrastyle small Temple of Athena Nike at Athens. Other known examples are the Temple of Artemis Agrotera outside Athens,[2] and the hexastyle Temple of the Athenians at Delos.[3]

Amphiprostyle temples without columns on the sides may be termed "apteral" (from the Greek απτερος, "wingless": α-, "without" + πτερον, "wing"). The Athena Nike temple, c. 420 BC, is one such example.[4]

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