[pahr-thuh-non, -nuh
n] 
| 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. |
| 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.] |