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parthenon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun parthenon has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
parthenon, prop. n. [L., fr. Gr. Parqenw`n, fr.parqe`nos 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. [1913 Webster]
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