Tetrastyle: Four columns in a row
Hexastyle: Six columns in a row
Octastyle: Eight columns in a row
Decastyle: Ten columns in a row ...
Tetrastyle temple with its tetrastyle portico of four Ionic columns, The Temple of Portunus ...
Tetrastyle temple: having a portico of four columns at either end.
Tholos : beehive tombs developed from Mycenaean shaft tombs, which first appeared around 1600 BC. After about 1500 BC, beehive tombs became more widespread.
distyle (two), tetrastyle (four), hexastyle (six), octostyle (eight). A prostyle portico has columns standing free. A portico in antis has columns on the same plane as the front of the building.
tetrastyle an architectural unit consisting of four columns. theatre tiers or terraces in a hillside, resembling the concave formation of seats in a classical outdoor theatre. tonsure the shaping of evergreens by clipping.
 See also: Porch, Portico, Temple, House, Hexastyle
  
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