ἀκρόπολις
ἀκρό-πολις, poet.
ἀκρό-πτολις,
εως,
ἡ,
A). upper or
higher city; hence,
citadel, castle,
ἐς ἀκρόπολιν Od. 8.494 (in
Il. only
divisim,
ἄκρη πόλις, v.
ἄκρος 1.1 ), 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 Δελφίδ’. . 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 .
ShortDef
the upper city
Debugging
Headword (normalized):
ἀκρόπολις
Headword (normalized/stripped):
ακροπολις
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lsj-3616
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{'content': '<div class="entry"> <span class="orth greek">ἀκρό-πολις</span>, poet. <span class="orth greek">ἀκρό-πτολις</span>, <span class="itype greek">εως</span>, <span class="gen greek">ἡ</span>, <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-1"> <span><strong>A).</strong></span> <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">upper</span> or <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">higher city</span>; hence, <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">citadel, castle</span>, <span class="quote greek">ἐς ἀκρόπολιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc1:8:494" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg002.perseus-grc2:8.494/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Od.</span> 8.494 </a> (in <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Il.</span> </span> only <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">divisim</span>, <span class="foreign greek">ἄκρη πόλις</span>, v. <span class="ref greek">ἄκρος</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:1" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0012.tlg001.perseus-grc2:1.1/canonical-url/"> 1.1 </a>), cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7:49" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0033.tlg001.perseus-grc1:7.49/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pi.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">O.</span> 7.49 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:240" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0085.tlg004.perseus-grc1:240/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">A.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Th.</span> 240 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:84" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.84/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.84 </a>, etc.; as seat of tyranny, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1:401" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:1.401/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Ph.</span> 1.401 </a>,<a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:417" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0018.tlg001:417/canonical-url/"> 417 </a>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-3"> <span><strong>2).</strong></span> esp. the <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Acropolis</span> of Athens, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 1.58 </span>, al., <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg0076:" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0027.tlg0076:/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">And.</span> 1.76 </a> (cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1:60" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:1.60/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Hdt.</span> 1.60 </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8:51" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0016.tlg001.perseus-grc1:8.51/canonical-url/"> 8.51 </a>); which served as treasury, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2:13" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0003.tlg001.perseus-grc1:2.13/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Th.</span> 2.13 </a>; hence <span class="foreign greek">ἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, γεγράφθαι ἐν ἀκροπόλει</span> to be entered as a state-debtor, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg058.perseus-grc1:19" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0014.tlg058.perseus-grc1:19/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">D.</span> 58.19 </a>,<span class="bibl"> 48 </span>; freq. without Art., as And.l.c., D.ll. cc.; at Erythrae, <span class="bibl"> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">IG</span> 1.11 </span>. </div> <div style="margin-top: 1.0em;" class="sense depth-2"> <span><strong>II).</strong></span> metaph., <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ</span>, of a person, <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Thgn.</span> 233 </span>; <span class="foreign greek">ἀ. Ἑλλάνων</span>, of Corinth, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:137" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0261.tlg001:137/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Simon.</span> 137 </a>; <span class="quote greek">γῆν Δελφίδ’. . Φωκέων ἀκρόπτολιν</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1094" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0006.tlg016.perseus-grc1:1094/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">E.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Or.</span> 1094 </a> ; <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">stronghold</span>, <span class="foreign greek">τῆς ψυχῆς, τοῦ σώματος</span>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:560b" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg030.perseus-grc1:560b/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">R.</span> 560b </a>, <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:670a:26" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0086.tlg030:670a.26/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Arist.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">PA</span> 670a26 </a>, cf. <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:70a" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0059.tlg031:70a/canonical-url/"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pl.</span> <span class="title" style="font-style: italic;">Ti.</span> 70a </a>; <span class="bibl"> <span class="author" style="font-variant: small-caps;">Pythag.</span></span>, of <span class="tr" style="font-weight: bold;">seven, Theol. Ar.</span> <a class="bibl" target="_blank" data-urn="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0632.tlg001:44" href="https://catalog-api-dev.scaife.eldarion.com/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0632.tlg001:44/canonical-url/"> 44 </a>.</div> </div><br><br>'}