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acropolis
/əˈkɹɑpələs/
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What does acropolis mean?
noun
- A promontory (usually fortified with a citadel) forming the hub of many Grecian cities, and around which many were built for defensive purposes before and during the classical period; compare Acropolis.
proper noun
- The Athenian Acropolis.
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IPA pronunciation
/əˈkɹɑpələs/
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Athena caused the first olive-tree to grow on the Acropolis of Athens, parent of all the olive-trees of Greece.
Historical writers tell us that the very dogs are excluded from the whole Acropolis, because of their gross, uncleanly habits.
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I vaguely hoped for this universal comity when I stood in Stonehenge, on the Acropolis in Athens, or in the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican.
Taken as a whole, our stepping-stones lead us up and up towards the alluring heights of an acropolis of knowledge, on which stands the Temple of Modern Science.
Finlay has brought together in Greece a very interesting collection of stone weapons and implements which he picked up in great numbers at the base of the Acropolis of Athens.