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Ἀλλ’ ἐσθ’ ὁ θάνατος λοῖσθος ἰατρός κακῶν → But death is the ultimate healer of ills

Sophocles, Fragment 698

French (Bailly abrégé)

ας (ἡ) :
la citadelle d’Athènes (bâtie par Cécrops).
Étymologie: Κέκροψ.

Russian (Dvoretsky)

Κεκροπία: ἡ Кекропия
1) афинский кремль, построенный, по преданию, Кекропом;
2) Eur. = Ἀθῆναι.