• (n.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.
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(from the article `Athens`) ...Peisistratus and his sons (c. 560–510 ). On the Acropolis, the old primitive shrines began to be replaced with large stone temples. About 580 a ...
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Hec`a·tom'pe·don noun [ Greek ... hundred feet long, ... ... the Parthenon; ... hundred + ... foot.]
(Architecture) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.
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Hecatompedon was a name given to the old Parthenon at Athens probably because the width across the stylobate measured 100 Greek feet.
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