propylaeon, ī, n. (προπύλαιον), eig. der Vorhof, Plur. propylaea, ōrum, n. (τά προπύλαια), die Propyläen, die prachtvollen Zugänge zum Parthenon (Tempel der Pallas) auf der Burg zu Athen, von Perikles erbaut, Cic. de off. 2, 60. – dass. (v. einem dieser Zugänge) propylon, ī, n. (πρόπυλον), Plin. 35, 101 u. 36, 32.
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