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Saturday, February 1st, 2025
the Third Week after Epiphany
the Third Week after Epiphany
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Bible Encyclopedias
Apteral
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
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(from the Gr. eurrcpos, wingless, a-, privative and ir-rEpov, a wing), an architectural term applied to amphiprostyle temples which have no columns on the sides; in the Ionic temple on the Acropolis at Athens known as Nike Apteros, the adjective is used, not as applying to the goddess of victory but to the absence of any peristyle on the sides.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Apteral'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/apteral.html. 1910.
Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Apteral'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/a/apteral.html. 1910.
