Pentelicus

[ pen-tel-i-kuhs ]

noun

1. Latin name of Pendelikon.

Other Words From

• Pen·telic Pen·teli·can adjective

Example Sentences

Water is brought from Mount Pentelicus on the north-east, the aqueduct begun by Hadrian being utilized in supplying the city.

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The marble quarries gleam white on the long flanks of Mount Pentelicus, and the great range of Parnes leads on to galeos.

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This was a temple dedicated to the goddess Minerva, and was built of the hard white marble of Pentelicus.

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In the afternoon they rambled to the village of Viana—old Marathon—picturesquely situated at the foot of Pentelicus.

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Or does there exist in Paros or in Pentelicus such marble as this,—warm, rosy, and full of love?

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