Pantheon vs. Parthenon

Pantheonnoun

A temple dedicated to all the gods.

Pantheonnoun

(mythology) All the gods of a particular people or religion, particularly the ancient Greek gods residing on Olympus, considered as a group.

Pantheonnoun

(by extension) A category or classification denoting the most honored persons of a group.

Pantheonnoun

A temple dedicated to all the gods; especially, the building so called at Rome.

Pantheonnoun

The collective gods of a people, or a work treating of them; as, a divinity of the Greek pantheon.

Pantheonnoun

all the gods of a religion

Pantheonnoun

a monument commemorating a nation's dead heroes

Pantheonnoun

(antiquity) a temple to all the gods

Parthenon

A celebrated marble temple of Athena, on the Acropolis at Athens. It was of the pure Doric order, and has had an important influence on art.

Parthenonnoun

the main temple of the goddess Athena; built on the acropolis in Athens more than 400 years B.C.; example of Doric architecture

Parthenon

The Parthenon (; Ancient Greek: Παρθενών, Parthenṓn, [par.tʰe.nɔ̌ːn]; Greek: Παρθενώνας, Parthenónas, [parθeˈnonas]) is a former temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their patroness. Construction started in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the peak of its power.