Propyla

Word PROPYLA
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Definitions and meanings of "Propyla"

What do we mean by propyla?

Plural form of propylon. noun

The porch, vestibule, or entrance of an edifice.

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The word "propyla" in example sentences

From a raised platform commences an avenue of Crio-sphinxes leading to the front propyla, before which stood two granite statues of a Pharaoh. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

They were generally placed in pairs at the entrances of temples, on each side of the propyla. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Around this grand square with its central lake were arranged as follows: on the north side a superb colonnade of sculptured columns, forming the façade of the Temple of Mnevis, the sacred ox of On, at the gate or propyla of which crouched two sphinxes, with majestic human heads. ❋ Unknown (1859)

This central temple, or pylon, was as massive and solemn in its aspect as the pyramids which formed its propyla. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Above the centre gateway, between the noble wings of the propyla which flank it, is a representative emblem of Osiris, in the shape of a splendid shield of the sun, a half-sphere of gold, from which extend wings for many yards, each feather glittering with precious stones. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Yet this massive aspect is relieved by shaping the stone and marble in the most graceful lines, and enriching with sculpture, either in relief or intaglio, the immense surfaces of their gigantic columns and enormous propyla. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Still beyond this lovely island rose from the water the gardens, villas, palaces, temples, and propyla which lay between Memphis and the river; while the city of Apis, “the diadem of Egypt,” in all the glory of architectural majesty and beauty, reposed on the plain beyond; the mighty pyramids, with their winged temples and colossal dromos of sphinxes, filling the background of this matchless scene. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Page view page image: where dwelt priests and nobles, illumined the propyla of the temples, burnished the lakes, gilded the obelisks, and flooded the whole City of the Sun with magnificence; — for there is a splendor and glory in the sunshine of Egypt unknown in other lands, the result of the purity of the crystalline atmosphere. ❋ Unknown (1859)

When I had traversed the “Hall of the Gods,” we came to a lofty two-leaved gate of brass, which stood between two sculptured propyla of Libyan stone. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Palaces, with gorgeous façades and triple stories of colonnades, composed street after street, while fountains and statues and propyla, temples, monoliths, andro-sphinxes and crio-sphinxes presented, as I rode along through this superb “City of the Sun,” an endless spectacle of architectural grandeur and marble magnificence. ❋ Unknown (1859)

On, a league and a half distant, with its grand avenue of columns, sphinxes, obelisks, and towering propyla clasping it to the shining river. ❋ Unknown (1859)

Some noble edifices have flights of steps of porphyry or marble leading to a raised platform of Elephantine or Arabic stone, with a doorway between two columns as massive as towers — ambitious imitations of the propyla of the temples. ❋ Unknown (1859)

I can only describe the front of this royal palace by representing it as a city of columns, interspaced at regular intervals by noble propyla, which, in their turn, are sculptured and adorned in such profusion as to bewilder the eye with forms of beauty. ❋ Unknown (1859)

The roof, formed of single stones, compared with which the masses at Stonehenge would appear almost bricks, has fallen in; but the one hundred and thirty-four colossal columns which supported it, and which are considerably above thirty feet in circumference, still remain, and, with the walls and propyla, are completely covered with sculptured forms. ❋ Benjamin Disraeli (1842)

The roof, formed of single stones -- compared with which the masses at Stonehenge would appear almost bricks -- has fallen in; but the one hundred and thirty-four colossal columns which supported it, and which are considerably above thirty feet in circumference, still remain, and with the walls and propyla are completely covered with sculptured forms. ❋ Benjamin Disraeli (1842)

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