Pantheon
Pantheon (from ancient Greek πᾶν pān "all, total" and θεός theós "God") has four meanings:
- Originally the pantheon (or pantheum in Latin ) was the name for an ancient sanctuary dedicated to all gods . The Pantheon in Rome , built in Roman antiquity, is the most famous building of its kind.
- Today, temple-like memorial and burial sites of national personalities are also referred to as the Pantheon, in particular the Paris Panthéon , whose architecture is based on the Pantheon in Rome.
- In religious studies the term is also used for the totality of deities in a polytheistic religion (see world of gods ).
- In a figurative sense, the term can refer to a group of outstanding people, mostly in a historical context or in relation to art and literature.
Web links
Commons : Pantheons - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wiktionary: Pantheon - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
Individual evidence
- ^ Duden online: Pantheon
- ↑ Keyword: Pantheon . In: The large art lexicon by PW Hartmann, Neumarkt / Wallersee (AU), accessed on January 1, 2016.