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Chapter XVIII: Part 18

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[G] The modern hypothetical distinction between agonal, or festal, temples and those used only for worship is now generally regarded as erroneous; while the existence of a so-called hypæthron--an opening supposed to have existed in the roof and ceiling of the naos for the admission of daylight--is inadmissible from the point of view both of design and of structure.

End of Project Gutenberg's History of Ancient Art, by Franz von Reber

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