Prostyle

As prostylos refers to a type of Greek temple. When the prostyle pronaos portico of a temple ante, or the cella of a temple in the absence of the pronaos is the whole width a series of columns presented ( cf. Vitruvius III 2, 3). This column position can also be extended to columns on the flanks, so prostyle porches of eg 4 x 2 columns arise. An example of this is the Hellenistic temple in the Sanctuary of Dodona. Simple Prostyloi are about the temple A on Paros, the treasure house of Gela at Olympia, the Temple of Apollo Patroos on the Athenian Agora, the Demeter temple in Miletus, or Zeus Sosipolis temple in Magnesia.

A variant of the prostyle, which has on the front and back of a row of columns, the amphiprostyle.