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prytaneum [ˌprɪtəˈniːəm] n pl -nea [-ˈniːə] (Social Science / Archaeology) (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the public hall of a city in ancient Greece [Latin, from Greek prutaneion, from prutanis, prutaneus] How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Socrates's condemnation of himself to be maintained in all honor in the Prytaneum, during his life, and Sir Thomas More's playfulness at the scaffold, are of the same strain. He, the benefactor of the Athenian people, whose whole life has been spent in doing them good, should at least have the Olympic victor's reward of maintenance in the Prytaneum. |
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