Sample Sentences forParthenon (auto-selected)
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The Parthenon is regarded as an enduring symbol of ancient Greece and of Athenian democracy.Parthenon = most famous surviving building of Ancient Greece
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Soon it will look like the Colosseum in Rome and the Parthenon in Athens.† (source)
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Once, the massive statue had graced the Parthenon in Greece.† (source)
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Behind me you can see the biggest temple, the Parthenon, which means 'the Virgin's Place.'† (source)
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The Parthenon, used as a munitions storehouse.† (source)
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Following the loud chant, a large Dahurian larch, thick as the columns of the Parthenon, fell with a thump, and Ye Wenjie felt the earth quake.† (source)
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He was like a poet in the Parthenon.† (source)
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Like when I turned nine and instead of taking the time to sing happy birthday, she painted the Parthenon on our living room wall.† (source)
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A white mausoleum, someone's scaled-down version of the Parthenon.† (source)
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Yet in my mind I roamed the Acropolis at Athens, watching the moon rise through the open roof of the Parthenon, measuring my height by the grandeur of those columns, walking the streets of those Greeks who died at Marathon, listening to the sound of wind in the ancient olives.† (source)
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In reality, the only thing that interested him on the drive was the pink marble Parthenon half hidden among leafy banana and mango trees, a luckless replica of the idyllic mansions on Louisiana cotton plantations.† (source)
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She wanted to see it all-the famous châteaux of the Loire Valley, the Parthenon, the Scottish highlands, the Basilica-all the places she'd read about.† (source)
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Langdon unveiled PHI in the architectural dimensions of the Greek Parthenon, the pyramids of Egypt, and even the United Nations Building in New York.† (source)
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A green spot stood in the center of a picture of the Parthenon, suspended over the fireplace.† (source)
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He didn't want to tell Crake that he was having some severe nightmares: the one where the Parthenon was decorated with cut-off heads was, for some reason, the worst.† (source)
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They will drive me in October to take refuge in one of the universities, where I shall become a don; and go with schoolmasters to Greece; and lecture on the ruins of the Parthenon.† (source)
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