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|Definition=ὁ,<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[tower]], esp. such as were [[attach]]ed to the [[wall]]s of a [[city]], Il.7.219, al., Hes.Sc.242, [[Herodotus|Hdt.]]3.74, al., Th.2.17, al., Plb.5.99.9, etc.: in plural, [[city]] [[wall]]s or [[rampart]]s with their [[tower]]s, Il.7.338, 437; in sg., ἧντ' ἐπὶ πύργῳ 3.153, cf. 22.447; πόλιος ἣν πέρι πύργος ὑψηλός Od.6.262; πέριξ δὲ πύργος εἶχ' ἔτι πτόλιν E.Hec.1209; πύργους ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστῆσαι Pl.Criti.116a.<br><span class="bld">b</span> [[movable]] [[tower]] for [[storm]]ing [[town]]s, X.Cyr.6.1.53, 6.2.18; π. [[ὑπότροχος|ὑπότροχοι]] Onos. 42.3.<br><span class="bld">c</span> [[tower]] on the back of [[war]]-[[elephant]]s, Arr.Tact.2.4.<br><span class="bld">d</span> Ζανὸς πύργος, Pythag. name for the [[central]] [[fire]] of the [[universe]], Arist. Fr.204.<br><span class="bld">2</span> metaph., [[tower of defence]], τοῖος . . σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of [[Ajax]], Od.11.556; ἄνδρες πόλιος π. ἀρεύϊος Alc.Supp.1a.10; παῖς ἄρσην πατέρ' ἔχει π. μέγαν E.Alc.311, cf. Med.390; ἅπας μοι π. Ἑλλήνων πατρίς Trag.Adesp.392; θανάτων δ' ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a [[tower]] of [[defence]] [[from]] [[death]]s, S.OT1201 (lyr.).<br><span class="bld">3</span> the part of a [[house]] (prob. a [[separate]] [[building]]) in which the [[women]] [[live]]d and [[work]]ed, αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται D.47.56; esp. if [[unmarried]], as Hero in her [[tower]], Musae.32,187, cf. Philostr.Jun.Im.1; of the [[workman]]'s [[hut]] of [[Timon]] the [[misanthrope]] (which also became his [[tomb]], cf. Luc.Tim.42), Paus.1.30.4, cf. AP 7.402 (Antip.); [[outbuilding]]s, esp. if used in [[industry]], [[LXX]] Is.5.2, Mi.4.8, PStrassb.110.6 (iii B.C.), BGU1194.9 (ii B.C.), 650.8 (i A.D.), POxy.243.15 (i A.D.), Ev.Marc.12.1, Ev.Luc.14.28, PGiss.67.16 (ii A.D.), IG22.2776.65 (ii A.D.); π. ἐν ᾧ [[βαφεῖον]] καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια PLond.2.371.3 (i A.D.).<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[part]] of an [[army]] [[draw]]n up in [[close]] [[order]], [[column]], Il.4.334,347.<br><span class="bld">2</span> at Teos, a [[division]] of the [[people]], CIG3064,3081, al.<br><span class="bld">III</span> [[dice-box]], AP9.482.24 (Agath.); cf. Lat. [[pyrgus]].