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Definition of Hecatompedon

Hecatompedon
Hecatompedon Hec`a*tom"pe*don, n. [Gr. ? hundred feet long, ? ? the Parthenon; ? hundred + ? foot.] (Arch.) A name given to the old Parthenon at Athens, because measuring 100 Greek feet, probably in the width across the stylobate.

Meaning of Hecatompedon from wikipedia

- The Hekatompedon or Hekatompedos (Ancient Gr****: ἑκατόμπεδος, from ἑκατόν, "hundred", and πούς, "foot"), also known as Ur-Parthenon and H–Architektur,...
- The hecatompedon (hundred-footer) apsidal edifice is the earliest in its type among those mentioned by Homer, and slightly after the hecatompedon temple...
- (approximate date). It is now at the Archaeological Museum of Corfu. The Hecatompedon, a temple dedicated to Athena in Athens, was built at the site later...
- sites have been found in Melan, while sites in Lekel (possibly ancient Hecatompedon), Labova (possibly ancient Omphalion), Dholani e Derviçan and Selo secured...