Pentelikon

American

[pen-tel-i-kon, pen-de-lee-kawn] / pɛnˈtɛl ɪˌkɒn, ˌpɛn dɛ liˈkɔn /

noun

Pendelikon.

Pentelikon British

/ pɛnˈtɛlɪkɒn /

noun

Latin name: Pentelicus. a mountain in SE Greece, near Athens: famous for its white marble, worked regularly from the 6th century _bc , from which the chief buildings and sculptures in Athens are made. Height: 1109 m (3638 ft)

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Pentelikon that had supplied materials for the original building.

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The stars rained down their incandescent spears in sharply patterned salvos upon Mount Pentelikon and me.

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