Example sentences for: propylaia

How can you use “propylaia” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • The path leads on directly in front of the Temple of Athena Nike to the Propylaia (sacred entranceway), which led on into the inner sanctum.

  • A great Propylaia marked the entrance to the town  — a copy of that at the Acropolis.

  • It was designed and built so as not to spoil the skyline or compete with the temples and it cannot be seen from the streets of the city or from the sacred way as you enter through the Propylaia.

  • A series of six Doric columns mark the transition into the Propylaia following which there are four symmetrical rooms, two on either side of the walkway.

  • Once through the Propylaia, the sacred way leads on to the Acropolis plateau proper.


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