The walls had three gates and in the center of the city was a fortified acropolis with a single gate. From LearnThat.org. [yourdictionary.com]
The one thing I remembered about the acropolis was the story of the siege by the Persians. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
Below the complex of the acropolis is the theater of Dionysis and the Odeum which still has summer concerts, though not at this time. From Wordnik.com. [TravelPod.com TravelStream™ — Recent Entries at TravelPod.com] Reference
For if we abolish the acropolis which is in the city, can we abolish also that of fever, and that of beautiful women?. From Wordnik.com. [The Discourses of Epictetus] Reference
One of these stony outcrops forms what I have called the "acropolis" of Sikyatki, which will presently be described. From Wordnik.com. [Archeological Expedition to Arizona in 1895 Seventeenth Annual Report of the Bureau of American Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1895-1896, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1898, pages 519-744] Reference
Almost every Greek city has its own formidable citadel, its own "acropolis," -- for "citadel" is really all this word conveys. From Wordnik.com. [A Day in Old Athens; a Picture of Athenian Life] Reference
I then prepared to mount to the acropolis or Hhus'n. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
'Your dog was hurt during the events up on the acropolis. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
The plain of Çeltikçi seen from the acropolis of Keraiteai. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Sagalassos - Survey Report 2: Territorial] Reference
I was all set to scale the acropolis like an obedient informer. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
But was he the same well-dressed man who went up the acropolis?. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Look out and each mesa is an acropolis, each canyon a cathedral. From Wordnik.com. [The Custer Syndrome] Reference
He saw movement on the acropolis and watched two boys embracing. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
They had been up the acropolis, looking for the Temple of Aphrodite. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
We avoided looking over our shoulders to where the acropolis towered. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Lattimore and the rest, holding council on the acropolis of Foster's mind. From Wordnik.com. [A Tragedy In Three Acts (St. Petersburg Blues)] Reference
What more fitting acropolis for freedom of speech than the great out-of-doors!. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
So Cornelius and I think you should go up the acropolis here and talk to her. '. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Staking their claim, the Pergamene rulers built their acropolis on the Athenian model. From Wordnik.com. [The Gods Do Battle] Reference
The modern town, at the western extremity, probably occupies the site of the acropolis. From Wordnik.com. [Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"] Reference
Since no other delaying tactic struck me, next morning I did set out for the acropolis. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Tamis opened the shutters of her single window and stared out over the distant acropolis. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
It was the acropolis of a large town, lying in all directions, but chiefly to the north-east. From Wordnik.com. [Southern Arabia] Reference
I spent that night hiding upon the acropolis, dreaming of the day when I could repay you all. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
Parmenion ran to the acropolis, where he ate his pies and stared out over the Taygetus mountains. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
Alos included an acropolis, nearly half of which was destroyed in recent years by a stone quarry. From Wordnik.com. [Highway Digs Unearth Greek Bronze Age] Reference
'In that case, he might have gone up the acropolis to find gratification at the Temple of Artemis. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
The little eminence, with its structures, was a shanty acropolis to a universe otherwise unimproved. From Wordnik.com. [The Wrong Woman] Reference
Parmenion climbed to the highest point of the acropolis, gazing down at the city that circled the hill. From Wordnik.com. [Lion Of Macedon]
Although it had seemed there was hardly anyone about on the acropolis road, people had emerged from nowhere. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
That meant the old crone Gaius and Cornelius met was no longer on the acropolis, or I would have passed her. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Written oracles existed of the prophecies of celebrated seers, and were preserved in the acropolis of Athens. From Wordnik.com. [The Mysteries of All Nations Rise and Progress of Superstition, Laws Against and Trials of Witches, Ancient and Modern Delusions Together With Strange Customs, Fables, and Tales] Reference
Among those that fled to the acropolis, whom he subsequently caused to capitulate, was the brother of Tigranes. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 2 An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek During the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus; and Now Presented in English Form. Second Volume Extant Books 36-44 (B.C. 69-44).] Reference
The lower city he captured by means of a siege and received the capitulation of those who had fled to the acropolis. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form] Reference
Corinth had a ground-level settlement and a steep, rocky acropolis, which was included in a great loop of the city walls. From Wordnik.com. [See Delphi and Die]
Rupe di S. Giorgio, on which the acropolis formerly stood, is occupied by the castle, and pierced by an elliptical tunnel. From Wordnik.com. [The South of France—East Half] Reference
Traversing a fine plain of wheat, we at length reached the ancient city of Heshbon, with its acropolis of temple and castle. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
Next he captured the acropolis and, after entrusting the entire city to the care of the military tribunes, sailed back again. From Wordnik.com. [Dio's Rome, Volume 1 (of 6) An Historical Narrative Originally Composed in Greek during the Reigns of Septimius Severus, Geta and Caracalla, Macrinus, Elagabalus and Alexander Severus: and Now Presented in English Form] Reference
This, then, was probably a measured station of unusual importance; and from it the acropolis of Bethshan just comes into view. From Wordnik.com. [Byeways in Palestine] Reference
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