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Definition of Parthenon

Parthenon
Parthenon Par"the*non, n. [L., fr. Gr. Parqenw`n, fr.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 has had an important influence on art.

Meaning of Parthenon from wikipedia

- The Parthenon (/ˈpɑːrθəˌnɒn, -nən/; Ancient Gr****: Παρθενών, romanized: Parthenōn [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Gr****: Παρθενώνας, romanized: Parthenónas [parθeˈnonas])...
- The Parthenon in Centennial Park, Nashville, Tennessee, United States, is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens, Greece. It was designed...
- Look up Parthenon in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Parthenon is a former temple in Athens, Greece. Parthenon may also refer to: Parthenon, Arkansas...
- (/ˈɛlɡɪn/ ELG-in) are a collection of Ancient Gr**** sculptures from the Parthenon and other structures from the Acropolis of Athens, removed from Ottoman...
- EY-Parthenon is the transformative strategy and transactions arm of EY's global organization. With more than 25,000 professionals in 150 countries, EY-Parthenon...
- most important ones, including the Parthenon, the Propylaea, the Erechtheion and the Temple of Athena Nike. The Parthenon and the other buildings were seriously...
- The Parthenon frieze is the low-relief Pentelic marble sculpture created to adorn the upper part of the Parthenon's naos. It was sculpted between c. 443...
- The metopes of the Parthenon are the surviving set of what were originally 92 square carved plaques of Pentelic marble originally located above the columns...
- The pediments of the Parthenon are the two sets of statues (around fifty) in Pentelic marble originally located as the pedimental sculpture on the east...
- The Parthenon mosque refers to one of two places of Islamic worship created successively within the Parthenon during Greece's Ottoman period. The first...