ὑψίπυργος

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δι' ἐρημίας πολεμίων πορευόμενος → he marched on without finding any enemy, his route lay through a country bare of enemies

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Transliteration A: hypsípyrgos Transliteration B: hypsipyrgos Transliteration C: ypsipyrgos Beta Code: u(yi/purgos

English (LSJ)

ον,

   A high-towered, Simon.112, A.Eu.688, S. Tr.354, E.Tr.376, etc.: metaph., ὑ. ἐλπίδες towering hopes, A.Supp. 97 (lyr.).

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

ὑψίπυργος: -ον, ὁ ὑψηλοὺς ἔχων πύργους, Σιμωνίδ. 117, Αἰσχύλ. Εὐμ. 688· ὑψίπυργον Οἰχαλίαν Σοφ. Τραχ. 354, κλπ.· μεταφορ., ἰάπτει δ’ ἐλπίδων ἀφ’ ὑψιπύργων πανώλεις βροτούς, καταρρίπτει δὲ ἐκ τῶν ὑψηλῶν αὑτῶν ἐλπίδων εἰς τελείαν καταστροφὴν τοὺς πονηροὺς βρωτούς, Αἰσχύλ. Ἱκ. 96.