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Pentelic marble

Pen·tel·ic mar·ble [ pen téllik mrb'l ]


noun 
Definition:
 
fine marble used in ancient sculptures: a fine white marble quarried on Mount Pentelicus near Athens and used for most important Athenian buildings and sculptures during the 4th and 5th centuries bc

[Via Latin< Greek Pentelikos, after Pentelē, township in Attica in ancient Greece]
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