Erechtheum

American  

[ih-rek-thee-uhm, er-ik-thee-uhm] / ɪˈrɛk θi əm, ˌɛr ɪkˈθi əm /

Also Erechtheion

noun

1. a temple at Athens on the Acropolis, begun c420 b.c., having two Ionic porches and a porch of caryatids: regarded as one of the finest examples of classical architecture.

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Erechtheum British  

/ ɪˈrɛkθɪəm, ɪˈrɛkθɪən, ˌɛrəkˈθiːən, ˌɛrəkˈθiːəm /

noun

1. a temple on the Acropolis at Athens, which has a porch of caryatids

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Example Sentences

The line of carved stone eggs, each one separated by a dart or arrow pointing downwards, was first used by the Greeks on the Erechtheum behind the Acropolis.

From Economist • May 28, 2015

Five caryatids of the Erechtheum, which support carvings that acid rains have obliterated, were replaced temporarily with plaster likenesses.

From Time Magazine Archive

In their pleated rust-brown gowns with cowled headdress, the women often resemble the caryatids on the portico of the Acropolis' Erechtheum.

From Time Magazine Archive

His favorite hangout, the Babylon nightclub, is a gaudy Erechtheum stocked with black Naugahyde banquettes, pink and blue ribbons of neon, black-marble toilet stalls, and mirrors, mirrors everywhere.

From Time Magazine Archive

The north porch at once determines that axis in the west cella of the Erechtheum.

From Problems in Periclean Buildings by Elderkin, G. W. (George Wicker)