Dipylon of Athens - Dipylon of Athens

Japanese: アテナイのディピュロン - あてないのでぃぴゅろん
Dipylon of Athens - Dipylon of Athens

…The gates of the fortresses built in the upper reaches of the Nile also had a portal between two towers. The gates of the walls of ancient Mesopotamian, Greek, and Roman cities also had the same basic style, such as the Ishtar Gate of Babylon (6th century BCE), the Dipylon of Athens (5th century BCE), the Gate of Augustus of Perugia (3rd-2nd century BCE), the city gates of Rome (3rd century BCE), the Porta Nigra of Trier (4th century BCE), and the gates of the city walls of Constantinople (5th century BCE). In ancient Rome, triumphal arches were popular for the construction of monuments such as battle victories. …

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Dipylon of Athens" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…ナイル川上流に多数建造された要塞の門も,二つの塔のあいだに扉口を設ける形式をとっていた。古代メソポタミア,古代ギリシア・ローマの諸都市の城壁の門も同様の基本形式をとっており,バビロンのイシュタル門(前6世紀),アテナイのディピュロン(前5世紀),ペルージアのアウグストゥスの門(前3~前2世紀),ローマ市の諸市門(3世紀),トリールのポルタ・ニグラ(4世紀),コンスタンティノープルの大市城壁の諸門(5世紀)などが代表例としてあげられる。また古代ローマでは,戦勝などを記念して凱旋門と呼ばれるアーチ門が好んで建造された。…

※「アテナイのディピュロン」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  Address advertisement - Address advertisement

>>:  Athens Stadium - Atenaino Stadium

Recommend

Isogani - Isogani

This crab belongs to the order Decapoda, class Cr...

Cow and Lee's Party Strife - Cucumber's Party Strife

In the first half of the 9th century, China, Niu ...

Karthiya Niputra - Karthiya Niputra

…He belongs to the Sarvastivada school, a branch ...

Antonioni, M.

... The founders of Neorealism are said to be the...

Subarctic winter rain climate - akan tai tou ki ko

…The forest resources are abundant, and forestry ...

Vatican Museums - Vatican Museums (English name)

One of the world's largest art museums, locat...

Silver tree

An evergreen tall tree of the Proteaceae family na...

Indirect traction

...Direct traction (skeletal traction) is a metho...

LEF

...However, dissatisfied with this idealistic rom...

Konyo Aoki

A Confucian scholar and Dutch scholar in the mid-...

Euhēmeros (English spelling)

…It was the beginning of allegorical interpretati...

Evidence - proof

In procedural law, it refers to materials that al...

Takeo Iwahashi

Social worker. Born in Osaka Prefecture. He became...

Ekur

...Located in the northern part of the ancient Su...

Love your neighbors

〘Noun〙① Love for those close to you. ※Gojo Shusse ...