YvvacKE70v, from yvvi i, woman), that part in a Greek house which was specially reserved for the women, in contradistinction to the "andron," the men's quarters; in the larger houses there was an open court with peristyles round, and as a rule all the rooms were on the same level; in smaller houses the servants were placed in an upper storey, and this seems to have been the case to a certain extent in the Homeric house of the Odyssey. [Please select]
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Peristyles, lying athwart, should be one third longer than they are deep, and their columns as high as the colonnades are wide. [Please select]
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Intercolumniations of peristyles should be not less than three nor more than four times the thickness of the columns. [Please select]
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On the contrary, such peristyles are called the men's apartments, since in them the men can stay without interruption from the women. [Please select]
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We found ourselves in a great court paved with white marble and decorated at each end with light Moorish peristyles. [Please select]
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I rose; far music drew my steps in fond pursuit Down tessellated floors and towering peristyles: Through groves of colonnades fair lamps were blushing fruit, On seas of green mosaic soft rugs were flowery isles. [Please select]
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Carlisle found herself, beyond the door, in a quaint high-ceiled court, enfolded with peristyles in two long rows, and paved with discolored tiles loose under the foot. [Please select]
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