Pentelicus
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From the 1890s to the 1930s, well-meaning architects sought to strengthen the battered Parthenon, which originally consisted of some 12,500 white marble stones hewn from Mount Pentelicus, ten miles to the north.
From Time Magazine Archive
The Parthenon," says Colonel Leake, "was constructed entirely of white marble, from Mount Pentelicus.
From How to See the British Museum in Four Visits by Jerrold, W. Blanchard
New quarries have been opened since 1897 by an English company on the north slope of Mount Pentelicus, and are now connected by rail with Athens and the Peiraeus.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 4 "Grasshopper" to "Greek Language" by Various
And when our eyes were tired, we rested them by looking out between the columns to the hills, Hymettus and Pentelicus, glorified in the evening light, wearing always their "violet crown."
From The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise by Paine, Albert Bigelow
This Pentelicus is a sort of intermediate cross-chain between two main lines which diverge from either side of it, and gradually widen so as to form the plain of Athens.
From Rambles and Studies in Greece by Mahaffy, J. P.
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