Parthenon (Chief temple of the Greek goddess Athena on the hill of the Acropolis at Athens

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• Parthenon — /pahr theuh non , neuhn/, 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. * * * Chief temple of Athena on the Acropolis at …   Universalium

• Athens — /ath inz/, n. 1. Greek, Athenai. a city in and the capital of Greece, in the SE part. 885,136. 2. Greater, a metropolitan area comprising the city of Athens, Piraeus, and several residential suburbs. 2,530,000. 3. a city in N Georgia. 42,549. 4.… …   Universalium

• History of Athens — The Acropolis of Athens by Leo von Klenze Athens is one of the oldest named cities in the world, having been continuously inhabited for at least 7000 years. Situated in southern Europe, Athens became the leading city of Ancient Greece in the… …   Wikipedia

• acropolis — acropolitan /ak reuh pol i tn/, adj. /euh krop euh lis/, n. 1. the citadel or high fortified area of an ancient Greek city. 2. the Acropolis, the citadel of Athens and the site of the Parthenon. [1655 65; < Gk akrópolis. See ACRO , POLIS] * * *… …   Universalium

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