Πύλαι: Difference between revisions

|Definition=αἱ, (v. [[πύλη]]) [[entrance into a country through mountains]], [[pass]], Hdt.5.52: hence, [[Πύλαι]], αἱ, the common name for [[Θερμοπύλαι]], the [[gate|Gates]] of [[Greece]], Id.7.201, etc.: of other [[pass]]es, πύλαι τῆς [[Κιλικία]]ς καὶ τῆς [[Συρία]]ς X.''An.''1.4.4; <b class="b3">αἱ Σύριαι πύλαι</b> ib.5; <b class="b3">αἱ Κάσπιαι πύλαι</b> Str.11.12.1; πύλαι Λύδιαι Id.13.1.65; [[Ἀμανίδες πύλαι]] = [[gates of Amanus]] Id.14.5.18, 16.2.8 (αἱ Ἀμανικαὶ καλούμεναι Arr.''An.''2.7.1): these [[pass]]es were sometimes really [[bar]]red by [[gate]]s, Hdt.7.176, cf. 3.117, 5.52, X. [[l.c.]]: the [[Isthmus]] is called <b class="b3">πόντοιο πύλαι</b>, Pi.''N.''10.27; [[Κορίνθου πύλαι]] Id.''O.''9.86; [[αἱ πύλαι τῆς Πελοποννήσου]] X.''Ages.''2.17; <b class="b3">Πέλοπος νάσου θεόδματοι πύλαι</b> B.p.437 J.