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Meaning of "pentelic marble"

pentelic marble: A type of fine white marble quarried from the Pentelikon mountains in Greece, often used in classical architecture and sculptures for its quality and aesthetic appeal

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Pentelic marble should do the trick.
In the old days they used to take a lump of pentelic marble.
Pentelic marble with traces of paint.
The church floor is paved with Pentelic marble.
Pentelic marble is calcitic in composition with quartz as an accessory mineral.
The temple was made of Pentelic marble.
New Pentelic marble from the original quarry is being used.
The temple is built in the Doric order and almost exclusively of Pentelic marble.
They are made of Pentelic marble and their bases are made of Paros marble.
The Erechtheus or Erechtheion is a temple made from Pentelic marble.
Pentelic marble from the nearby Mt.
The material is Pentelic marble.
The sculptures of the pediments of the 4th century temple were made of Pentelic marble.
It was built of Pentelic marble by the architects Iktinos and Kallikrates.
It was made from Pentelic marble.

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Pentelic marble was used for the construction of buildings in ancient Athens, particularly the Acropolis.
The Propylaea is constructed using Pentelic marble from hills neighbouring Athens.
It was dedicated by the Athenians, made of Pentelic marble.
Later Pentelic marble.
The statue moreover was not of Parian, but of Pentelic marble.
It is an octagonal tower of Pentelic marble standing on the three-steps base.
Erechtheum - The Erechtheus or Erechtheion is a temple made from Pentelic marble.
The Pentelic marble copy in the Museo Pio-Clementino.
A total of 530 cubic meters of new Pentelic marble were used.
Scu 1884 Sarcophagus in Pentelic marble decorated with a Dionysiac procession ( thiasos ) carved on three sides.
Its height is 4.68 meters and was made of Parian or Pentelic marble.
The statue is made from Pentelic marble and is about life size at 1.62 metres high.

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