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