ἀκρό-πολις, poet.ἀκρό-πτολις,εως,ἡ,
A. upperorhigher city; hence,citadel, castle, ἐς ἀκρόπολιν
Od. 8.494
(in Il. onlydivisim,ἄκρη πόλις, v. ἄκρος
1.1 ), cf. Pi. O. 7.49 , A. Th. 240 , Hdt. 1.84 , etc.; as seat of tyranny, Ph. 1.401 , 417 .
2. esp. theAcropolisof Athens, IG 1.58 , al., And. 1.76 (cf. Hdt. 1.60 , 8.51 ); which served as treasury, Th. 2.13 ; henceἀνενεχθῆναι εἰς ἀκρόπολιν, γεγράφθαι ἐν ἀκροπόλειto be entered as a state-debtor, D. 58.19 , 48 ; freq. without Art., as And.l.c., D.ll. cc.; at Erythrae, IG 1.11 .
II. metaph.,ἀ. καὶ πύργος ἐὼν δήμῳ, of a person, Thgn. 233 ;ἀ. Ἑλλάνων, of Corinth, Simon. 137 ; γῆν Δελφίδ' . . Φωκέων ἀκρόπτολιν
E. Or. 1094
;stronghold,τῆς ψυχῆς, τοῦ σώματος, Pl. R. 560b , Arist. PA 670a26 , cf. Pl. Ti. 70a ; Pythag. , ofseven, Theol. Ar.
44 .