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‖ pantheum|pænˈθiːəm| Mostly in pl. panthea. [late L. panthēum, f. Gr. πάνθειος: see pantheon. In mod.F. panthée.] More fully signum pantheum: A statue combining the figures, symbols, or attributes of several deities.
1706Phillips, Panthea or Signa Panthea. 1727–41Chambers Cycl., Panthea, Πανθεια, among the ancients were single statues, composed of the figures, or symbols of several different divinities combined. 1730–6in Bailey (folio). 1775Ash, Pantheum... A statue adorned with the figures or symbols of the gods. 1838in Encycl. Brit. XVI. 790/2. 1882 Fennell tr. Michaelis' Anc. Marbles Gt. Brit. 628 In the fashion of the signa panthea this youth unites in his own person the attributes of various gods..Poseidon..Apollo..Dionysos..Ares..Eros. |