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ἀκρόπολις

ἀκρόπολις, ἀκρόπολις, upper city, citadel, acropolis

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ἀκροπόλεις feminine nominative plural, feminine vocative plural, feminine accusative plural of ἀκρόπολις

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ἀκρό-πολις, poet. ἀκρό-πτολις, εως, ἡ,
  • upper or higher city; hence, citadel, castle, ἐς ἀκρόπολιν Od. 8.494 (in Il. only divisim, ἄκρη πόλις, v. ἄκρος I.1), cf. Pi. O. 7.49, A. Th. 240, Hdt. 1.84, etc.; as seat of tyranny, Ph. 1.401, 417.
      • 2 esp. the Acropolis of Athens, IG 1.58, al., And. 1.76 (cf. Hdt. 1.60, 8.51); which served as treasury, Th. 2.13; hence ἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, γεγράφθαι ἐν ἀκροπόλει to be entered as a state-debtor, D. 58.19, 48; freq. without Art., as And. l.c., D. ll. cc.; at Erythrae, IG 1.11.
    • II metaph., ἀ. καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ, of a person, Thgn. 233; ἀ. Ἑλλάνων, of Corinth, Simon. 137; γῆν Δελφίδʼ . . Φωκέων ἀκρόπτολιν E. Or. 1094; stronghold, τῆς ψυχῆς, τοῦ σώματος, Pl. R. 560b, Arist. PA 670a26, cf. Pl. Ti. 70a; Pythag., of seven, Theol. Ar. 44.

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