Peiraieus

Japanese: Peiraieus
Peiraieus

…In ancient Greece, famous shrines such as Olympia and Delphi had treasuries donated by each city-state, but these were usually in the form of small temples. The armory (4th century BC) built by the architect Philon (?-310 BC) at Peiraieus was a large stone structure measuring 16.5 meters wide and 120 meters long, with three naves inside, both of which were two stories high, and housed the equipment of the Athenian navy. In ancient Rome, there were large warehouse buildings called horreums in Rome and Ostia, with many narrow, deep rooms arranged around a colonnaded courtyard. …

From Piraeus

…A port city located about 8 km southwest of Athens, the capital of Greece. Piraeus or Piraeus is the Latin pronunciation, Piraiévs in modern Greek, and Peiraieus in ancient Greek. It has a population of 170,000 (1991) and is the third largest city in Greece. …

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Japanese:

…古代ギリシアでは,オリュンピアやデルフォイのような著名な神域に,各都市国家が寄進した宝庫があるが,これらは通例小型の神殿形式をとっていた。また建築家フィロンPhilōn(?‐前310)がペイライエウスPeiraieusに造った武器庫(前4世紀)は,間口16.5m,長さ120mに及ぶ石造の大建造物で,内部は3廊に分かたれ左右の廊は二階建てとし,アテナイ海軍の船具類を収蔵していた。古代ローマでは,ローマ市やオスティアにホレウムhorreumと呼ばれる大規模な倉庫建築があり,列柱廊のある中庭を囲んで,幅が狭く奥行きの深い多数の室が並べられていた。…

【ピレウス】より

…ギリシアの首都アテネの南西約8kmにある港市。ピレウスないしピラエウスはラテン語読みで,現代ギリシア語ではピレエフスPiraiévs,古代ギリシア語ではペイライエウスPeiraieus。人口17万(1991)でギリシア第3の都市。…

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