acropolis
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And there is no doubt that this akropolis had its own circuit of wall, distinct from that of the lower town.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden
The Moretolian akropolis, like some others, was not an akropolis in the literal sense, for the good reason that the point of most value for military purposes was not the most lofty.
From Sketches of Travel in Normandy and Maine by Hutton, William Holden
No reasonable guess can be made at its pagan dedication; in the fifteenth century of our era it followed the far earlier precedent of the temples in the akropolis.
From Seeing Europe with Famous Authors, Volume 8 Italy and Greece, Part Two by Halsey, Francis W. (Francis Whiting)
Vocabulary lists containing acropolis
Ancient Greece - Introductory
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Ancient Greece, Lessons 1–3
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Ancient Greece - Middle School and High School
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