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Πολιάς , άδος, , (πόλις)
A.guardian of the city, epith. of Athena, esp. in her oldest temple on the Acropolis of Athens, Hdt.5.82, S.Ph. 134, Ar.Av.828, IG12.304.6, etc. (Πολιτίδα is f.l. for Πολιάδα in Din. 1.64); simply Πολιάς, Luc.Pisc.21, etc.; in other Greek cities, Mnemos.57.208 (Argos, vi B.C., dat. πολιιάδι), IG12(7).386.43 (Amorgos), 12(8).640.37 (Peparethus), etc.; at Troezen, Paus.2.30.6; at Erythrae, Id.7.5.9:—so Πολιᾶτις , ιδος, at Tegea, Id.8.47.5.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (7):
    • Aristophanes, Birds, 828
    • Herodotus, Histories, 5.82
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 7.5.9
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 2.30.6
    • Pausanias, Description of Greece, 8.47.5
    • Sophocles, Philoctetes, 134
    • Lucian, Piscator, 21
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