Akropolis

akropolis English Proper noun 1 en Acropolis. en 1834 September Greece The United Service Journal and Naval and Military Magazine 1834, part III 70 London Published [F]or Henry Colburn by Richard Bentley;sold by all booksellers. “Foreign Miscellany” section 80 https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_WfMbAQAAIAAJ/page/80/mode/1up 149599435 The head-quarters of the other five squadrons of the latter corps are fixed at Argos. There are two companies of foot in Akrokorinth; a company of grenadiers, and one of pioneers in the Akropolis and Athens; en 1990 Philip Brook Manville Tyranny, Trials, and the Triumph of Kleisthenes The Origins of Citizenship in Ancient Athens Princeton, N.J. w:Princeton University Press 1992 (2nd printing) 167 https://archive.org/details/originsofcitizen0000manv/page/167/mode/1up 0-691-09442-X Emblematic of the new public consciousness, the religious focus in the city shifted from the Akropolis to the civic space, the agora. en 2005 Alexandra Villing The Akropolis in the history of Athens Classical Athens A Place in History London The British Museum Press section 1 (The Akropolis: citadel and sanctuary) 9 https://archive.org/details/classicalathens0000vill/page/9/mode/1up 9 780714 127927 From a sad memorial, the Akropolis was transformed into a splendid display of Athenian culture and power, a credit to the gods and the democratic city alike. Czech cs: Alternative forms cs Akropole Pronunciation Proper noun f Acropolis Declension f.sg.decllemma:Akropole Related terms cs polis Further reading Finnish Etymology Borrowed from fi grc Ἀκρόπολις Acropolis, from grc ἄκρος highest + grc πόλις city. Pronunciation Proper noun the Acropolis of Athens Declension sg Akropol i a Less common: sg Akropoli a fi Ancient Greece German Etymology de grc Ἀκρόπολις Acropolis, from grc ἄκρος highest + grc πόλις city. Pronunciation de De-Akropolis.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun f,Akropolen the Acropolis (of Athens) de Ancient Greece