Definitions for Parthenos

Parthenos Par·then·os

Spelling: [pahr-then-uh s, pahr-thuh-nos]
IPA: /pɑrˈθɛn əs, ˈpɑr θəˌnɒs/

Parthenos is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 1019 anagrams from letters in Parthenos (aehnoprst).

Definitions for Parthenos

noun

  1. an epithet of Athena, meaning “virgin.”.

Examples for Parthenos

This plant may have had its name from the virgin (Parthenos) goddess Athene, whom the Romans call Minerva.

The principal chamber (cella) within the colonnade contained the colossal statue of Athen Parthenos (see below, Nos. 300-302).

Fragment of shield supposed to be a rough copy from the shield of the statue of Athen Parthenos.

Parthenos (Par′thenos) was a name of Juno, and also of Minerva.

Farnell1173 says that the first sense of Parthenos was not "virgin," but unmarried.

Cast of a statuette, copied from the statue of Athen Parthenos.

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