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Webster 1913 Edition
Parthenon
Par′the-non
(pär′thē̍-nŏn)
, p
rop.
Noun.
[L., fr. Gr.
Παρθενών
, fr.παρθένοσ
a virgin, i. e., Athena, the Greek goddess called also Pallas.] A celebrated marble temple of
Athena
, on the Acropolis at Athens
. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.