Usually means: Temple dedicated to Athena, ancient.
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  1. parthenon: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Parthenon, Parthenon: Merriam-Webster
  3. Parthenon: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. Parthenon: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. Parthenon: Collins English Dictionary
  6. Parthenon: Vocabulary.com
  7. Parthenon: Wordnik
  8. Parthenon: Wiktionary
  9. Parthenon: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. Parthenon: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. Parthenon: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Parthenon: Dictionary.com
  13. Parthenon: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Parthenon (Nashville), Parthenon (disambiguation), Parthenon, The Parthenon (Nashville), The Parthenon (newspaper), The Parthenon (painting), The Parthenon: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Parthenon: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. parthenon: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. Parthenon: Rhymezone
  18. Parthenon: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. parthenon: FreeDictionary.org
  20. parthenon: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. Parthenon: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. An Etymological Dictionary of Classical Mythology (No longer online)

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  1. Parthenon, The Parthenon: Encyclopedia

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  1. Archaeology Wordsmith (No longer online)

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▸ noun:  An ancient temple to Athena and monument in the city of Athens. It is a symbol of Greek achievement in the arts and of Athenian democracy.

Similar:
Parthenos, Panathenaea, Hephaesteum, Erechtheion, Hecatompedon, Hephaisteion, Athene, pantheon, Hekatompedon, Pnyx, more...

Opposite:
hypothesis, antithesis, contrast

Phrases:
parthenon marbles, Parthenon Frieze, Older Parthenon, Metopes of the Parthenon, Pediments of the Parthenon, more...

Adjectives:
older, new, famous, ancient, earlier, present, original, glorious, majestic, later, beautiful

Colors:
    ivory,     beige,     sandstone,     limestone,     off-white, more...


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Similar:
Parthenos, Panathenaea, Hephaesteum, Erechtheion, Hecatompedon, Hephaisteion, Athene, pantheon, Hekatompedon, Pnyx, more...

Opposite:
hypothesis, antithesis, contrast

Phrases:
parthenon marbles, Parthenon Frieze, Older Parthenon, Metopes of the Parthenon, Pediments of the Parthenon, Parthenon mosque, more...

Adjectives:
older, new, famous, ancient, earlier, present, original, glorious, majestic, later, beautiful

Colors:
    ivory,     beige,     sandstone,     limestone,     off-white, more...



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