The Acropolis of Athens
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Protrepticus (Greek) · Areopagiticus (Greek)
but he scorned the goddess, being unable to marry the statue, and, taking Lamia the courtesan, went up to the acropolis and consorted with her in the bridal chamber of Athena, displaying to the old virgin the postures of the young courtesan.
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Protrepticus
The Athenian acropolis, site of Athena's sanctuary where Demetrius took Lamia.
but he scorned the goddess, being unable to marry the statue, and, taking Lamia the courtesan, went up to the acropolis and consorted with her in the bridal chamber of Athena, displaying to the old virgin the postures of the young courtesan.
Areopagiticus
The Athenian citadel occupied by enemies during the rule of the Thirty.
Or that at the time when the people were in control of affairs, we placed our garrisons in the citadels of other states, whereas when the Thirty took over the government, the enemy occupied the Acropolis of Athens?
History of the Peloponnesian War
The fortified citadel of Athens, seized by Cylon and the scene of the killing of his suppliant followers that produced the enduring religious 'pollution'.
while some who were seated before the Awful Goddesses they despatched on the altars at the side entrance.
Cylon therefore and his brother made their escape, but when the rest were pressed hard, and some were even dying of famine, they seated themselves as suppliants on the altar of the Acropolis.
So having received a force from Theagenes, and persuaded his friends to it, when the Olympic festival in the Peloponnese came on, he seized the Acropolis with a view to establishing a tyranny;