Acropolis Definition

ə-krŏpə-lĭs
noun
The fortified height or citadel of an ancient Greek city.
American Heritage
The fortified upper part of an ancient Greek city.
Webster's New World
A raised area holding a building or cluster of buildings, especially in a pre-Columbian city.
American Heritage

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.

Wiktionary
pronoun
The Athenian Acropolis. (Compare acropolis.)
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Noun

Singular:
acropolis
Plural:
acropoleis, acropolises

Origin of Acropolis

  • Greek akropolis akron top acromegaly polis city pelə-3 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek ἀκρόπολις (akropolis), from ἄκρος (akros, “topmost”, “tip”, “summit”) + πόλις (polis, “city”).

    From Wiktionary

  • Ancient Greek Ακρόπολις (Akropolis, “Acropolis”), from ἄκρος (akros, “highest”) + πόλις (polis, “city”)

    From Wiktionary

Acropolis Sentence Examples

  • Little was known of the buildings on the Acropolis in the pre-Persian period before the great excavations of 1885-1888, which rank among the most surprising achievements of modern research.

  • The almost complete destruction of the buildings on the Acropolis and in the lower city, among them many temples and shrines which religious send- the walls of ment might otherwise have preserved, facilitated the Themis- realization of the magnificent architectural designs tocles .

  • The "Acropolis" is in some ways more remarkable than the great kraal which has just been described.

  • With regard to the buildings on the east end of the Acropolis, where the present museums stand, no certainty exists; among the many statues here were those of Xanthippus, the father of Pericles, and of Anacreon.

  • Farther west, along the north wall of the Acropolis, is the space probably occupied by the abode and playground of the Errephori.

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