μεγαλόπολις

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τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.

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Transliteration A: megalópolis Transliteration B: megalopolis Transliteration C: megalopolis Beta Code: megalo/polis

English (LSJ)

epith. of great cities,

   A αἱ μεγαλοπόλιες Ἀθᾶναι Pi.P.7.1; μεγαλοπόλιες ὦ Συράκοσαι ib.2.1; ἁ μ. Τροία E.Tr.1291 (lyr.); Ἀθθίς Pae.Delph.8; ἡ λαμπροτάτη μ. Ἀλεξάνδρεια PLips.45.13 (iv A. D.); also of the κόσμος, Ph.1.4, al.