Parthenon
['pɑ:θinən]
Definition
(noun.) the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture.
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Definition
(n.) A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.
Checker: Ronnie
Definition
n. the temple of Athēnē Parthĕnos on the Acropolis at Athens.
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Examples
- We walked out into the grass-grown, fragment-strewn court beyond the Parthenon. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It is more famous than the Parthenon; it is older than the Pyramids. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- I remember but little about the Parthenon, and I have put in one or two facts and figures for the use of other people with short memories. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- So, after all, it seemed that we were not to see the great Parthenon face to face. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Most of the Parthenon's imposing columns are still standing, but the roof is gone. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- He is not lost in rapture at the great works of Phidias, the Parthenon, the Propylea, the statues of Zeus or Athene. Plato. The Republic.
- The Parthenon of Athens, whose ruins are still a thing of beauty, was but the crown set upon the clustering glories of the Athens Pericles rebuilt. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Typist: Willard