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How to use stylobate in a sentence

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I suspect that the stereobate of the Parthenon has a flat surface, the famous curvature being introduced in the stylobate.
How the stylobate on which they stood was curved, so the colonnade could theoretically meet in parabolic grandeur some miles into space.
Rising out of the stylobate is the plinth, a square or circular block that is the lowest part of the base.
The topmost level which supports the colonnade is called a stylobate, the lower two are known as stereobates.
It is a volume which makes no concession to those who do not know their stylobate from their euthynteria.
Both buildings will have a stylobate and will contain a fitness center with an indoor 25-meter swimming pool, SPA and wellness clinic.
The Greek forms of the Doric order have no individual base and instead rest directly on the stylobate, although subsequent forms of Doric frequently were given a conventional plinth-and-torus base.
Examples from Classical Literature
At a distance of about 10 m. from the stylobate, the windows appeared in the middle of the intercolumniations.
The entire foundation of the temple, including the stereobate, the stylobate, and the remaining steps.
The stylobate had therefore to be similarly curved so that the columns should be all of the same height.
The letters are Greek capitals, written on the stylobate of the southern temple.
But if such a temple is to be constructed in peripteral form, let two steps and then the stylobate be constructed below.
This is also true of the stylobate, or substructure of a colonnade, and of pediments and other features.
Upon this pavement rested the foundations of the stylobate surrounding the pyramid.
A flight of steps, enclosed between two walls of the same height as the stylobate, led up to the portico.
Its stylobate raised it well above 398the plain, while the steps in front gave meaning and accent to its elevation.
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