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Hecatompedon

Hecˊa-tom′pe-don

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Noun.

[Gr. [GREEK] hundred feet long, [GREEK] [GREEK] the Parthenon; [GREEK] hundred + [GREEK] foot.]

(Arch.)

A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.