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 unquarried marble of Pentelicus Deny its hue of snow, and even the dawn Forget her stainless birthright for thy sake!
From The Adventures of a Widow A Novel by Edgar Fawcett
Pentelicus, from which all the white marble for the temples was quarried, and Mt.
From A Trip to the Orient The Story of a Mediterranean Cruise by Robert Urie Jacob
At the same time he thanks him by anticipation for some busts of Hermes, in which the pedestals were of marble from Pentelicus, and the heads of bronze.
From Roman life in the days of Cicero by Alfred John Church
Water is brought from Mount Pentelicus on the north-east, the aqueduct begun by Hadrian being utilized in supplying the city.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli by Various
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