Definitions for Erechtheum

Erechtheum E·rech·the·um

Spelling: [ih-rek-thee-uh m, er-ik-thee-uh m]
IPA: /ɪˈrɛk θi əm, ˌɛr ɪkˈθi əm/

Erechtheum is a 10 letter English word.

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Definitions for Erechtheum

noun

  1. a temple at Athens on the Acropolis, begun c420 b.c., having two Ionic porches and a porch of caryatids: regarded as one of the finest examples of classical architecture.

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The term might well be applied to the Caryatide figures of the Erechtheum.

In short, the present plan of the Erechtheum will agree with the description of Pausanias cum mula peperit.

The western cella of the Erechtheum was in all probability divided into two chambers by a wall running east and west (Fig. 7).

Its Greek origin is undoubted, and it is supposed to be the missing figure from the Erechtheum at Athens.

The traveler has been made to enter the Erechtheum through three different doors.

Tradition has it that Erechtheus who was closely associated with Athena was buried in the Erechtheum.

What known altar to Zeus in the vicinity of the Erechtheum could have been erected to him in his capacity as ?

The official name for the Erechtheum does not occur in literature nor in inscriptions except in the report of the commissioners.

The simple and convenient order would have been: Hekatompedon, Erechtheum, temple or temenos of Pandrosus.

These are the earliest examples known of caryatide figures, and they precede those of the Erechtheum by about a century.

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