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Pentelicus [pen-tel-i-kuh s] Examples noun
- Latin name of Pendelikon.
Related formsPen·tel·ic, Pen·tel·i·can, adjective Examples from the Web for pentelicus Historical Examples of pentelicus
Mountains: Hymettus, Pentelicus, and the headland of Sunium.
A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren
The principal exports are wine, cognac and marble from Pentelicus.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 7
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What the marble quarries of Pentelicus were to the Athenian builders, the clay beneath their feet was to those Lombard craftsmen.
Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece
John Addington Symonds
The sky, of a deep blue, whitened imperceptibly between Hymettus and Pentelicus.
Edmond About
He built a fine mansion on the road to Pentelicus, with a guard-house for lodging twenty-five devoted Palikars.
Edmond About