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quality and was used to
construct much of the
Athenian Acropolis. Later,
Pentelic marble was
exported to Rome,
where it was used in
construction and in sculptures...
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quarrymen also knew how to
avoid the faults,
which were
numerous in the
Pentelic marble. If the
marble blocks were not up to standard, the
architects would...
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death of Dexileos. The
stele is made out of an
expensive variety of
Pentelic marble and is 1.86
metres (6 ft 1 in) tall. It
includes a high
relief sculpture...
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Pentelic marble,
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monumental gate at the
western end of the
Acropolis with
Doric columns of
Pentelic marble,
built partly upon the old
Propylaea of Peisistratos.
These colonnades...
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Panathenaic festival. The new
stadium was
built completely of
ashlar masonry in
Pentelic marble,
using minimal concrete. The
stadium was
built at a time of resurgence...
- to right: Hephaestus, Athena, Erichthonios, Gaia, Aphrodite. Said to come from the
temple of
Hephaestus in Athens.
Pentelic marble. 100-150 AD. Louvre...
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portrait bust of the
emperor Hadrian with a
wreath of oak
leaves (AD 117–138);
Pentelic marble,
found in Athens,
National Archaeological Museum, Athens...
- so as to
match the
sculptural decoration. It was
roofed with
tiles of
Pentelic marble, cut thin
enough to be translucent, so that on a summer's day, "light...
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first bank
building in the
United States to be clad in
Pentelic marble. Some 2,000 tons of
Pentelic marble were
required for the bank's construction. The...
