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Pentelic

Pentelic \Pen*tel"ic\, Pentelican \Pen*tel"i*can\, a. Of or pertaining to Mount Pentelicus, near Athens, famous for its fine white marble quarries; obtained from Mount Pentelicus; as, the Pentelic marble of which the Parthenon is built.

Usage examples of "pentelic".

Pico then remembered the Pentelic Marble statue at the tomb of Xenophon.