Anta, plural antas, or antae, in architecture, slightly projecting column at the end of a wall, produced by either a thickening of the wall or attachment of a separate strip. The former type, commonly flanking porches of Greek and Roman temples, is a masonry vestige of the wooden structural posts used to reinforce the brick walls of such early antique temples as the Heraeum of Olympia (c. 600BC).
The bases and capitals of these antas were not required to conform to the style, or order, of the temple column. The attached strip anta is commonly found ... (100 of 155 words)
Anta, plural antas, or antae, in architecture, slightly projecting column at the end of a wall, produced by either a thickening of the wall or attachment of a separate strip. The former type, commonly flanking porches of Greek and Roman temples, is a masonry vestige of the wooden structural posts used to reinforce the brick walls of such early antique temples as the Heraeum of Olympia (c. 600BC).The bases and capitals of these antas were not required to conform to the style, or order, of the temple column. The attached strip anta is commonly found ... (100 of 155 words)
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