Home
Search
Index
Definify.com
Webster
1913
Edition
Hecatompedon
Hecˊa-tom′pe-don
,
Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK] hundred feet long, [GREEK] [GREEK] the Parthenon; [GREEK] hundred + [GREEK] foot.]
(Arch.)
A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.
Similar Results