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[278] φλιήν: 'lintel,' limen superius; cf. Theocr. 2. 60,θρόνα ταῦθ᾽ ὑπόμαξον Τᾶς τήνω φλιᾶς καθ᾽ ὑπέρτερον.” In Od. 17. 221φλιαί” means 'jambs.'

προδόμῳ: 'fore-hall,' the vestibule to the μέγαρον, formed by the space covered by the αἴθουσα running along the inner side of the αὐλή.


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    • Homer, Odyssey, 17.221
    • Theocritus, Idylls, 2
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