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Hymettian

British  
/ haɪˈmɛtɪk, haɪˈmɛtɪən /

adjective

  1. of or relating to Hymettus, a mountain in SE Greece

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Another livid white marble, somewhat resembling the Hymettian, is that which is known to the Italians as Marmo Greco livido.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh

It was adorned with pillars of Hymettian marble, with expensive vases, and triclinia inlaid with brass.

From Walks in Rome by Hare, Augustus J. C.

What say you to Cicero's, in the Carinæ? or the grand portico of Quintus Catulus, rich with the Cimbric spoils? or, better yet, that of Crassus, with its Hymettian columns, on the Palatine?

From The Roman Traitor, Vol. 1 by Herbert, Henry William

Hymettian marble was one of the first—if not actually the first—species introduced into Rome.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh

Nothing too can be finer than the two rows of Ionic columns of Hymettian marble which divide the immense nave of Santa Maria Maggiore from the side aisles.

From Roman Mosaics Or, Studies in Rome and Its Neighbourhood by Macmillan, Hugh

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