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Definition of Parthenon - 4 dictionary results

Par⋅the⋅non

  [pahr-thuh-non, -nuhn]
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–noun
the temple of Athena Parthenos on the Acropolis at Athens, completed c438 b.c. by Ictinus and Callicrates and decorated by Phidias: regarded as the finest Doric temple.
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Par·the·non   (pär'thə-nŏn', -nən)   
n.  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.

[Latin Parthenōn, from Greek, from parthenos, virgin.]
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Parthenon [(pahr-thuh-non)]

The central building on the Acropolis in Athens, now partly in ruins. Built in ancient times as a temple, it served as a model for much of Greek and Roman architecture.

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Parthenon 
name of the temple of Athena on the Acropolis in Athens, from Gk., lit. "temple of the virgin goddess" (Athene), from parthenos "virgin," of unknown origin.
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