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.
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ἀκρό-πολις , poet. ἀκρό-πτολις , εως, ἡ,