05-22-2009, 06:50 AM
Quote:That's the modern version of the word, while ???????? is the ancient version. From my exposure to Classical and Hellenistic history and epigraphy, I gather that this usually has the meaning of a fort or (by extension) a garrison, but I think it can also mean "citadel" or "fortress." However, in many Greek city-states the citadel was the acropolis, but ????????? had a much more specific meaning and definition (the fortified upper portion of a city which usually served as an important military, administrative, and religious centre).
Thanks, but what is ???????? transliterated into English?
Michael D. Hafer [aka Mythos Ruler, aka eX | Vesper]
In peace men bury their fathers. In war men bury their sons.
In peace men bury their fathers. In war men bury their sons.