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PARTHENON
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Parthenon
the temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens; begun in 449 BCE, it was dedicated in 438 but did not finish construction until 432 BCE; a large cult statue by the famous sculptor Phidias was kept in the Parthenon and beautiful friezes decorated the temple. Found op http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/glossary/glossaryi.html
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Parthenon
[PARTH-en-on] A huge temple built on top of the Acropolis in Athens.
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Parthenon
[n] - the main temple of the goddess Athena Found op http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definition.php?query=Parthenon
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Parthenon
Temple of Athena Parthenos (`the Virgin`) on the Acropolis at Athens; built 447-438 BC by Callicrates and Ictinus under the supervision of the sculptor Phidias, and the most perfect ... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/local/20688
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Parthenon
Par'the·non noun [ Latin , from Greek Parqenw`n , from parqe`nos a virgin, i. e., Athene, the Greek goddess called also Pallas.] A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and ha... Found op http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/P/27
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Parthenon
noun the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture Found op http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=Parthenon
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Parthenon
• (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. Found op http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/parthenon/
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Parthenon
chief temple of the Greek goddess Athena on the hill of the Acropolis at Athens, Greece. It was built in the mid-5th century and is generally ... [19 related articles] Found op http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/p/23
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Parthenon
Parthenon The chief temple of the goddess Athena built on the acropolis at Athens between 447 and 432 B.C. and considered a supreme example of Doric architecture. Found op http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/1581/
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Parthenon
[Nashville] The Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition. ==Early history== Nashville`s moniker, the Athens of the South, influenced the choice of the building as the cen... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon_(Nashville)
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Parthenon
The Parthenon itself replaced an older temple of Athena, which historians call the Pre-Parthenon or Older Parthenon, that was destroyed in the Persian invasion of 480 BC. The temple is archaeoastronomically aligned to the Pleiades. Like most Greek temples, the Parthenon was used as a treasury. For ... Found op http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parthenon
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Parthenon
Parthenon (pär'thunon) [Gr.,=the virgin's place], temple sacred to Athena, on the acropolis at Athens. Built under Pericles between 447 B.C. and 432 B.C., it is the culminating masterpiece of Greek architecture. Ictinus and Callicrates were the architects and Phidias supervised the sculptur... Found op http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/world/A0837739.html
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Parthenon
Temple of Athena Parthenos (`the Virgin`) on the Acropolis at Athens; built 447–438 BC by Callicrates and Ictinus under the supervision of the sculptor Phidias, and the most perfect example of Doric architecture. In turn a Christian church and a Turkish mosque, it was then used as ... Found op http://www.talktalk.co.uk/reference/encyclopaedia/hutchinson/m0012197.html
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parthenon
1) Athens attraction 2) Parthenon 3) Temple 4) Temple of athena on the acropolis Found op http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/EN/crossword-dictionary/parthenon/1
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