acropolis

9 letters in word "acropolis": A C I L O O P R S.

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• Definitions:
• A naturally occurring steep hill that is the geographic and cultural center of a city. The Athenians covered their Acropolis with several ...
• The symbolic center of a Greek city-state, bringing together its most important sacred and civic buildings in one urban space, as in Athens where the Parthenon forms the heart of the Athenian acropolis.
• The Greek word 'akro' means top or high, + 'polis' or city. The sacred precinct in ancient Greek architecture. Today the term is generally reserved for the sacred precinct in Athens.
• (Gr. "akr-"=high + "polis"=city) The upper, fortified part of an ancient Greek city.
• The "high point" or citadel of an ancient Greek city, like the Acropolis in Athens. It is generally a raised area above the rest of the city where the most important sacred and secular buildings are brought together. The buildings on the Athenian Acropolis were important for trade and worship.
• A large group of buildings situated above the normal city (as if on top a large hill) - literally translated into, "city above." The Parthenon is part of an acropolis.
• "the high city"; most famous part of Athens; theater on its south slope Chorus: group of 12-15 men who sing and dance during the plays. They often represent the collective community, but not necessarily the poet's thoughts . ...
• (a.KP6iro\is}. In almost all Greek cities, which were usually built upon a hill, rock, or some natural elevation, there was a kind of tower, a castle, or a citadel, built upon the highest part of the rock or hill, to which the name of acropolis was given. ...
• A fortified hilltop, often the highest hill in the area.
• upper or higher city, hence the citidal or fortified part of the city. frequently holds major sanctuaries which serve as the treasury and archives of the city. Used esp. in reference to the Athenian Acropolis (plan; photo).
• is a socializing area where furres can load their own dreams.
• the citadel in ancient Greek towns
• Acropolis (Gr. acron, edge, polis, city), literally the edge of a town or a high city. For purposes of defense, early settlers naturally chose elevated ground, frequently a hill with precipitous sides, and these early citadels became in many parts of the world the nuclei of large cities which ...
• Acropolis is a 1933 play by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood.
• Acropolis is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. There is only one species in the genus, Acropolis thalia (Leech, 1891), that is distributed in Asia.

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