PARTHENON

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Parthenon mean? 

• PARTHENON (noun)
  The noun PARTHENON has 1 sense:

1. the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture

  Familiarity information: PARTHENON used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PARTHENON (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Instance hypernyms:

temple (place of worship consisting of an edifice for the worship of a deity)

Holonyms ("Parthenon" is a part of...):

Athens; Athinai; capital of Greece; Greek capital (the capital and largest city of Greece; named after Athena (its patron goddess))

 Context examples 

On the morning of the sixth day the postman brought him a thin letter from the editor of The Parthenon.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

At the corner he stepped into the Western Union and sent a telegram to The Parthenon, advising them to proceed with the publication of the poem.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

When The Parthenon check of three hundred and fifty dollars was forwarded to him, he turned it over to the local lawyer who had attended to Brissenden's affairs for his family.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Parthenon came out in its next number patting itself on the back for the stir it had made, sneering at Sir John Value, and exploiting Brissenden's death with ruthless commercialism.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

It is The Parthenon, he thought, the August Parthenon, and it must contain "Ephemera."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The acceptance of The Parthenon had recalled to him that during his five days' devotion to "Overdue" he had not heard from Brissenden nor even thought about him.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

A preliminary editorial note quoted Sir John Value as saying that there were no poets in America, and the publication of "Ephemera" was The Parthenon's.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)