προπύλ-αιος [ῠ],α,ον, (πύλη)
A. before the gate,of the statues of gods, Ἀγυιεῦ τοὐμοῦ προθύρου προπύλαιε
Ar. V. 875
; π. Ἑρμῆς
Paus. 1.22.8
; Ἄρτεμις
Id. 1.38.6
.
II. προπύλαια,τά, gateway, entrance,of Egyptian temples, Hdt. 2.63 , 101 , 121 , etc.; on the Acropolis at Athens, IG 12.92.34 , 366.45 , Hdt. 5.77 , Ar. Eq. 1326 , Th. 2.13 , D. 13.28 , 22.13 , Aeschin. 2.105 , Plu. Per. 13 ; at Eleusis, τὰ π. τῆς Δήμητρος καὶ τῆς Κόρης
IG 22.1187.25
; at Epidaurus, ib. 42 (I). 742.23 (ii/iii A.D., prob.): also in sg., τὸ τοῦ Διονύσου π.
And. 1.38
, cf. IG 12.363.2 , 22.1668.5 , D.S. 1.67 , AP 6.297 ( Phan. ).