PENTELICUS (Bpr.Anvvbs, or Ilevee LKO...
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Originally appearing in Volume
V21,
Page 124
of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
See also: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
- WHITE, ANDREW DICKSON (1832– )
- WHITE, GILBERT (1720–1793)
- WHITE, HENRY KIRKE (1785-1806)
- WHITE, HUGH LAWSON (1773-1840)
- WHITE, JOSEPH BLANCO (1775-1841)
- WHITE, RICHARD GRANT (1822-1885)
- WHITE, ROBERT (1645-1704)
- WHITE, SIR GEORGE STUART (1835– )
- WHITE, SIR THOMAS (1492-1567)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM ARTHUR (1824--1891)
- WHITE, SIR WILLIAM HENRY (1845– )
- WHITE, THOMAS (1628-1698)
- WHITE, THOMAS (c. 1550-1624)
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
.
End of Article: PENTELICUS (Bpr.Anvvbs, or Ilevee LKOv opoc from the deme HEveiXn; mod. Mendeli)
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