τειχομαχία

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οὔτοι συνέχθειν, ἀλλὰ συμφιλεῖν ἔφυν → I was not born to hate, but to love | Tis not my nature to join in hating, but in loving (Sophocles, Antigone 523)

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Transliteration A: teichomachía Transliteration B: teichomachia Transliteration C: teichomachia Beta Code: teixomaxi/a

English (LSJ)

Ion. -ιη, ἡ,

   A battle with walls, i.e. siege, Hdt.9.70, Jul.Or.2.65d: the twelfth book of the Iliad was so called, Pl.Ion 539b.