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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
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mountain to the N.E. of the Athenian
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plain, height 3640 ft . Its quarries of
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white
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marble were not regularly worked until after the
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Persian
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wars; of this material all the
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chief buildings of
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Athens were constructed, as well as the
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sculpture with which they were ornamented . The
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ancient quarries are mostly on the
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south
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side of the mountain . The best
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modern quarries are on the
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north side . The
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top of
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Pentelicus commands a view over the plain of
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Marathon, and from it the Athenian traitors gave the
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signal to the Persians by a flashing
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shield on the
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day of the
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battle . There was a statue of
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Athena on the mountain .

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