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Definition of Pentelic

Pentelic
Pentelic Pen*tel"ic, Pentelican Pen*tel"i*can, a. Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built.

Meaning of Pentelic from wikipedia

- quality and was used to construct much of the Athenian Acropolis. Later, Pentelic marble was exported to Rome, where it was used in construction and in sculptures...
- standard 9:1 or 10:1 ratio in Ionic buildings. Constructed from white Pentelic marble, it was built in stages as war-starved funding allowed. The friezes...
- quarrymen also knew how to avoid the faults, which were numerous in the Pentelic marble. If the marble blocks were not up to standard, the architects would...
- and death of Dexileos. The stele is made out of an expensive variety of Pentelic marble and is 1.86 metres (6 ft 1 in) tall. It includes a high relief sculpture...
- monumental gate at the western end of the Acropolis with Doric columns of Pentelic marble, built partly upon the old Propylaea of Peisistratos. These colonnades...
- Panathenaic festival. The new stadium was built completely of ashlar masonry in Pentelic marble, using minimal concrete. The stadium was built at a time of resurgence...
- described as "among the most stylistically advanced". The relief is made of Pentelic marble, and it is 106 cm tall and 52 cm wide. This slab is the most noteworthy...
- Bibcode:2007ApEnM..73..271C. doi:10.1128/AEM.02220-06. PMC 1797126. PMID 17071788. Pentelic marble Archived 2014-11-14 at the Wayback Machine, Britannica Online Encyclopaedia...
- women) ****enic style sarcophagus, shaped like an Ionic temple and made of Pentelic marble with polychrome reliefs. The trough stands on a 0.4 m (1.3 ft) pedestal...
- by some ancient authors as having taken place near the Ficus Ruminalis. Pentelic marble, fragment from the frieze of the Basilica Aemilia, 1st century BC–1st...