Ante-fixae

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Ante-fixae, the vertical blocks which terminate the covering tiles of the roof of a Roman, Etruscan, or Greek temple, as spaced they take the place of the cymatium and form a cresting along the sides of the temple. The face of the ante-fixae was richly carved with the anthemion ornament.

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crest, greek architecture, greek temple, Ante-fixae, antefixae, tiles

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Greek Architecture, Antefix

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