Pentelic
- a word derived from Pentelicus.
Example Sentences
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“Building the church with Pentelic stone adds another level of symbolism, because … I consider Hagia Sophia the Parthenon of Orthodoxy.”
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
Through an innovative process, interior lights are being designed to illuminate thin panels of marble, mined from the same Pentelic vein in Greece that sourced the Parthenon, the ancient temple in Athens.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
The $35 million domed structure to the south of the memorial will glow at night through a veneer of white Pentelic marble, from the same vein in Greece that was quarried to construct the Parthenon.
From New York Times ● Sep. 9, 2015
The visible columns are sheathed in the same Pentelic marble used on the Parthenon, and in time they will take on the Parthenon's golden tint.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pentelic marble; height, 2 feet; diameter, 11 inches.
From A Catalogue of Sculpture in the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities, British Museum, Volume I (of 2) by Smith, A. H.
