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Acropolis

/əˈkɹɒpəlɪs/

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.

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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.

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castlenoun	A large residential building or compound that is fortified and contains many defences; in previous ages often inhabited by a nobleman or king. Also, a house or mansion with some of the architectural features of medieval castles.
athenaeumnoun	An association or institution for the advancement of learning, particularly in science or literature.
hekatompedonnoun	(historical) The specific chamber within the Parthenon which contained the cultic chryselephantine statue of Athena.
athensnoun	The capital city of Greece.
academenoun	(poetic) An academy; a place of learning.
eleutheriannoun	Pertaining to Eleutheria, the personification of freedom, or Zeus Eleutheria, the protector of freedom.
akademeianoun	A grove near Athens (named after the Athenian hero Akademos), where Plato founded his original Akademia in 385 B.C.
cadmeanoun	(historical) The citadel of ancient Thebes, Greece.
mount pentelicusnoun	A mountain in Attica, Greece.
atticanoun	A periphery where Athens, the capital of Greece, is located.
areopagusnoun	A prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
olympieionnoun	The Temple of Olympian Zeus, Athens.
academynoun	An institution for the study of higher learning; a college or a university; typically a private school.
megaronnoun	(architecture, historical) The rectangular great hall in a Mycenaean building, usually supported with pillars.
athosnoun	A peninsula in Greece containing Mount Athos
theseionnoun	Synonym of Hephaestaeum (“the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens”).
lyceumnoun	(US, historical) A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée.
capitoliumnoun	(uncommon) Synonym of Capitoline Hill.
academusnoun	(Greek mythology) An Athenian hero who saved Athens by preventing an invasion by Castor and Pollux.
anaktoronnoun	(historical, Ancient Greece) A palace that only hierophants were permitted to enter as part of the Eleusinian Mysteries.