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Originally appearing in Volume V21, Page 124 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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PENTELICUS (Bpr.Anvvbs, or Ilevee LKOv opoc from the deme HEveiXn; mod. Mendeli)  , a See also:mountain to the N.E. of the Athenian See also:plain, height 3640 ft . Its quarries of See also:white See also:marble were not regularly worked until after the See also:Persian See also:wars; of this material all the See also:chief buildings of See also:Athens were constructed, as well as the See also:sculpture with which they were ornamented . The See also:ancient quarries are mostly on the See also:south See also:side of the mountain . The best See also:modern quarries are on the See also:north side . The See also:top of See also:Pentelicus commands a view over the plain of See also:Marathon, and from it the Athenian traitors gave the See also:signal to the Persians by a flashing See also:shield on the See also:day of the See also:battle . There was a statue of See also:Athena on the mountain .

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