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hecatompedon

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Hecatompedon

Hec`a*tom"pe*don\, n. [Gr. ? hundred feet long, ? ? the Parthenon; ? hundred + ? foot.] (Arch.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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