Both Uses of
pantheon
in
The Mark of Athena
- Leo listened to the Spanish tour guide for a few seconds, and then he reported to his friends, "This is the Pantheon.†
p. 439.7
- The American tourists were still milling around the Pantheon.†
p. 446.9 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(pantheon as in: pantheon of great writers) a list of the most important of something -- such as great writers
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, pantheon can refer to a list of all the gods of a religion. It can also refer to a building dedicated to those gods, or to a nation's heroes.
As a proper noun, Pantheon typically refers to an ancient Roman temple dedicated to all the Roman gods.