Pentelic Marble Wiki

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Pentelic marble wiki. A white fine grain marble that has been quarried at mt. From wikipedia the free encyclopedia the kore of lyons french. γλυπτά του παρθενώνα also known as the elgin marbles ˈɛlɡɪn are a collection of classical greek marble sculptures made under the supervision of the architect and sculptor phidias and his assistants. Pentelic marble was used for sculpture as well as for buildings.

The romans constructed a 140 foot water tower and aqueduct to supply water to the city of athens. Pentelic marbles often contain inclusions or veins of quartz iron oxide graphite mica or pyrite. It is fine grained with sporadic calcitic fossil clasts. Pentelikon north of athens since the 1st millennium bce.

Pentelic marble is calcitic in composition with quartz as an accessory mineral. Descriptionpentelic marble funerary stele of hegeso found in kerameikos athens 410 400 bc 28387059682 jpg athens stone sculpture gallery national archaeological museum of greece athens greece. Deriving from the athenian acropolis it is generally dated to the 540s bc. Media in category pentelic marble sculptures the following 92 files are in this category out of 92 total.

Pentelic marble is white with a uniform faint yellow tint which makes it shine with a golden hue under sunlight. The pentelic marble of which the parthenon is built. Parian marble is a fine grained semi translucent pure white and entirely flawless marble quarried during the classical era on the greek island of paros in the aegean sea. Penteli is the site of the ancient town of pentele.

Pentelic comparative more pentelic superlative most pentelic of or relating to mount pentelicus penteliko mountain near athens famous for its fine white marble quarries. The parthenon marbles greek. The penteli mountains were renowned in classical greece as well as in the roman empire as a source of the marble which was also used to build the parthenon. It was highly prized by ancient greeks for making sculptures.