Zoophorus () and Zophorus (), meaning "bearing animals",* Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), ZophorusHenry George Liddell, Robert Scott, A Greek-English Lexicon, Zoophorus was the Ancient Greek term for a decorated frieze between the architrave and cornice, typically with a continuous bas-relief. A zoophoric column is a pillar supporting the figure of an animal. The word is rarely used in modern English architectural writing.Cyril M. Harris ed., Illustrated Dictionary of Historic Architecture, Dover Architecture, p. 580, 1983, reprint Courier Corporation, 2013, , 9780486132112
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