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Definition: HECATOMPEDON

Part of Speech Definition
Noun 1. A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "Hecatompedon" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hecatompedon \Hec`a*tom"pe*don\, noun. [Greek expression hundred feet long, the Parthenon; hundred foot.]. (references)

Definition: HECATOMPEDON

Part of SpeechDefinition
Noun1. A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.[Websters].

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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Date "HECATOMPEDON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Etymology:Hecatompedon \Hec`a*tom"pe*don\, noun. [Greek expression hundred feet long, the Parthenon; hundred foot.]. (references)