akropoleis

Noun

 * 1) * 1996: Mogens Herman Hansen & Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Introduction to an Inventory of ‘poleis': Symposium August, 23–26, 1995, pp35–36
 * So the use of the word polis to designate an akropolis was probably restricted to akropoleis that were centres of human habitation. On the other hand, the akropoleis which were called poleis did not have to be the centres of a polis in the political sense of the term, as were e.g. the akropoleis of Athens or Korinth.
 * 1) * 1996: Mogens Herman Hansen & Det Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab, Introduction to an Inventory of ‘poleis': Symposium August, 23–26, 1995, pp35–36
 * So the use of the word polis to designate an akropolis was probably restricted to akropoleis that were centres of human habitation. On the other hand, the akropoleis which were called poleis did not have to be the centres of a polis in the political sense of the term, as were e.g. the akropoleis of Athens or Korinth.
 * So the use of the word polis to designate an akropolis was probably restricted to akropoleis that were centres of human habitation. On the other hand, the akropoleis which were called poleis did not have to be the centres of a polis in the political sense of the term, as were e.g. the akropoleis of Athens or Korinth.