Parthĕnon, ōnis, m., = Παρθενών,
I the celebrated temple of Athene on the Acropolis of Athens , the Parthenon , Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 54.—Hence,
II Transf., a portico in the villa of Pomponius Atticus , Cic. Att. 13, 40, 1.
·noun A celebrated marble temple of Athene, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric ord...
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