parthenon in English

noun

1

the temple of Athena Parthenos, built on the Acropolis in 447–432 bc by Pericles to honor Athens' patron goddess and to commemorate the recent Greek victory over the Persians. It was designed by Ictinus and Callicrates with sculptures by Phidias.

Use "parthenon" in a sentence

1. 21 The Parthenon is a magnificent structure.

2. [Not the Parthenon; appears to be the Temple of Hephaestus in the Athenian Agora] Parthenon, Athenian Acropolis (internal view), Athens cityscape.

3. The Acropolis, the citadel of Athens and the site of the Parthenon.

4. One of the first temples to be converted was the Parthenon.

5. The Greeks went from the theater of Dionysus to the Parthenon in their sandals.

6. He and Ictinus were architects of the Parthenon (Plutarch, Pericles, 13).

7. The most famous temple of Athena was the Parthenon, erected in Athens, the city named after the goddess.

8. The ancient city of the Acropolis includes the Parthenon, the Erechtheion, the Temple of Athena Nike and the Propylea

9. Bilow was a Senior Associate at the Parthenon Group, where she focused on private equity due diligence

10. In 1975, the Greek government began a concerted effort to restore the Parthenon and other Acropolis structures.

11. The aircraft carriers Centaur and Victorious were also transferred to the region as part of Operation Parthenon.

12. The idea that these people could have designed the Parthenon or carved the sculptures of Praxiteles is laughable.

13. Areopagus was and is a rocky hill below Parthenon, the large pagan temple whose ruins have become the symbol of Athens today

14. For instance, the pillars at Hōryū-ji are similar to the pillars of the Parthenon of ancient Greece, as seen in their entasis.

15. Charles Bargue (French, 1826/7 – 1883) Horse Head from the West Pediment of the Parthenon (after a drawing by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ), ca

16. Charles Bargue (French, 1826/7 – 1883) Horse Head from the West Pediment of the Parthenon (after a drawing by Jean Lecomte du Nouÿ), ca

17. The focal point of the complex was the Djeser-Djeseru or "the Sublime of Sublimes", a colonnaded structure of perfect harmony built nearly one thousand years before the Parthenon.

18. Paul may well have been taken to a court of justice, perhaps assembled with a view of the impressive Acropolis and its famous Parthenon as well as other temples and statues.

19. A Parthenon frieze helps us to visualize the pomp and grandeur of the festival procession—the cavalry, the racing chariots, the sacrificial cows and sheep, the young men and girls bearing the equipment to be used at the sacrifice.