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Hecatompedon

Hecatompedon is the alternative spelling of Hekatompedon.

Meaning of Hekatompedon

Proper noun

Hekatompedon

  1. (historical) The Temple of Athena upon the Acropolis, formerly in the location of the present Parthenon.
  2. (historical) The specific chamber within the Parthenon which contained the cultic chryselephantine statue of Athena.

Questions about Hecatompedon

What is Hecatompedon the alternative spelling of?
Hecatompedon is the alternative spelling of Hekatompedon.

Words near Hecatompedon in the dictionary

  1. Hecatombaeon
  2. hecatombed
  3. hecatombing
  4. hecatombs
  5. hecatomped
  6. Hecatompedon
  7. Hecatompylus
  8. Hecatoncheires
  9. hecatonicosachora
  10. hecatonicosachoron
  11. hecatonicosachorons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Hecatompedon (page history and authors); Hekatompedon (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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