ἑλέπολις, poet.ἑλέπτολις,ι,εως,
A. city-destroying, epith. of Helen, A. Ag. 689 (lyr.); of Iphigenia, E. IA 1476 (lyr.), 1511 (lyr.); of Lamia, Com.Adesp. 303 .
II. fem.Subst.,engine for sieges, invented by Demetrius Poliorcetes, D.S. 20.48 , Plu. Demetr. 21 , Ph. Bel. 95.39 , Vitr. 10.16.4 , etc.;ἄνευ μηχανῆς καὶ ἑ. Alciphr. 3.45 : pl., ἑ. μηχαναί
D.H. 9.68
.
2. metaph., of a person, ἑ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος
Hp. Ep. 11
; alsoἡ τῶν ἀνοσίων ἑ. τοῦτο(sc.πένθος) Ph. 2.191 .