ἀκρόπολις

English (LSJ)

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, IG1.58, 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, IG1.11.    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.PA670a26, cf. Pl.Ti.70a; Pythag., of seven, Theol. Ar.44.

German (Pape)

[Seite 84] εως, ἡ, Oberstadt, Burg, der höher gelegene, befestigte Theil der Stadt, Hom. zweimal, Od. 8, 494. 504 ἐς ἀκρόπολιν; vgl. Iliad. 6, 257 ἄκρης πόλιος, 317. 7, 345 πόλει ἄκρῃ, 22, 172 πόλει ἀκροτάτῃ, s. an diesen vier Stellen Scholl. Aristonic., aus denen auch die corrupte Notiz bei Od. 8, 494 ἐς ἀκρόπολιν: νῦν μὲν εὐθέως πόλιν ἄκραν; Ariston. schrieb etwa ὅτι νῦν μὲν συνθέτως ἀκρόπολιν, ἐν ἄλλοις δὲ διαλελυμένως πόλιν ἄκραν; – Pind. O. 5, 49; Her 1, 60; bei den Att. bes. die Burg von Athen, häufig πόλις genannt. Uebertr. ἀκρ. καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ Theogn. 233; der Kopf Plat. Tim. 70 a; ψυχῆς Rep. VIII, 560 b; Plut.