amphiprostyle - marked by columniation having free columns in porticoes either at both ends or at both sides of a structure
amphiprostylar, porticoed, amphistylar
apteral - having columns at one or both ends but not along the sides ...
Amphiprostyle - Term applied to a temple with porticos at each end, but without columns along the sides.
Ancones - Brackets or consoles on either side of a doorway, supporting a cornice ...
The basic rectangular plan was surrounded by a colonnaded portico of columns on all four sides (peripteral or peristyle) such as the Parthenon, and occasionally at the front and rear only (amphiprostyle) as seen in the small Temple of Athena Nike.
 See also: Portico, Prostyle, Classical, Architecture, Greek
  
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