See also:

• ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, See also:

• TOP (cf. Dan. top, Ger. Topf, also meaning pot)

top, a6)Xts, See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city)  , literally the upper See also:

• PART

part of a See also:

• TOWN

town . For purposes of See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early settlers naturally See also:

• CHOSE (Fr. for " thing ")

chose elevated ground, frequently a See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill with precipitous sides, and these early citadels became in many parts of the See also:

• WORLD

world the nuclei of large cities which See also:

• GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up on the surrounding See also:

• LOWER

lower ground . The word See also:

• ACROPOLIS (Gr. aKpos, top, a6)Xts, city)

Acropolis, though See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek in origin and associated primarily with Greek towns (See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens, See also:

• ARGOS

Argos, See also:

• THEBES (anciently &Oat, Thebae, or in poetry sometimes Oif3a, in modern Greek Phiva, or, according to the corrected pronunciation, Thivae)
• THEBES (e 3a1)
• THEBES, ROMANCE OF

Thebes, See also:

• CORINTH
• CORINTH, ISTHMUS OF

Corinth), may be applied generically to all such citadels (See also:

• ROME
• ROME (Roma)

Rome, See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem, many in See also:

• ASIA

Asia See also:

• MINOR
• MINOR (Lat. for smaller, lesser)
• MINOR, ROBERT CRANNELL (1839-1904)

Minor, or even See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

Castle Hill at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh) . The most famous is that of Athens, which, by See also:

• REASON (Lat. ratio, through French raison)

reason of its See also:

• HISTORICAL

historical associations and the famous buildings erected upon it, is generally known without qualification as the Acropolis (see ATHENS) .