(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:05:50

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.

 

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