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Dipylon

noun
1.
A gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found.  Synonym: Dipylon gate.





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"Dipylon" Quotes from Famous Books



... earth of Athens, and sacrificed to Hermes and Hecate, the protectors of travellers, they left the city at the Dipylon Gate, and entered the road leading to Eleusis. The country presented a cheerless aspect; for fields and vineyards once fruitful were desolated by ferocious war. But religious veneration had protected the altars, ...
— Philothea - A Grecian Romance • Lydia Maria Child


Words linked to "Dipylon" :   Dipylon gate, capital of Greece, gate, Athinai, Greek capital, Athens


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