Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In Greco-Rom. archæol., the front door or the vestibule or porch of entrance to any building.
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Examples
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Its name is derived from the mosaic pavement of the prothyrum, representing a boar attacked by two dogs.
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The prothyrum is painted with figures on a yellow ground.
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This man appears to have pierced the wall of one of the small chambers of the prothyrum, and was about to enter it, when he was smothered, either by the falling in of the earth or by the mephitic exhalations.
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The walls of the prothyrum are painted black, with a red podium, divided into three compartments by green and yellow lines, in the middle of which are an aquatic bird, perhaps an _ibis_, a swan with spread wings, and an ornament that can not be made out.
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On entering the prothyrum may be observed a large hole in the wall, destined for the reception of the _repagulum_, or strong wooden bar with which the door was secured.
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Besides the outer door, there was another at the end of the prothyrum, to secure the atrium against too early intrusion.
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It offers to the eye, successively, the doorway, the prothyrum, the atrium, with its impluvium, the Ionic peristyle, and the garden wall, with Vesuvius in the distance.
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The first of these names is derived from the mosaic pavement in the prothyrum, in which the objects mentioned are represented; while a medallion picture in the atrium, with heads of
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On the left of the prothyrum is an apartment with two doors, one opening on a wooden staircase leading to an upper floor, the other forming the entry to a room next the street, with a window like that described in the other room next the prothyrum.
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An inscription in red letters on the outside wall containing the name of Siricus has occasioned the conjecture that this was the name of the owner of the house; while a mosaic inscription on the floor of the prothyrum, having the words SALVE LUCRU, has given rise to a second appellation for the dwelling.
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