Westropp, Hodder M.: Handbook of archaeology: Egyptian, Greek, Etruscan, Roman (London, 1867)

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sides, and rising by easy steps, the whole width of the court, to the
front or portico, which in i'tolemaic temples takes the place of the
great hyposfyle halls of the Pharaohs. It is lighted from the front.

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over low screens placed between each of the pillars, a peculiarity
scarcely ever found in temples of earlier date. Within this is an