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πτολίπορθος

πτολίπορθος, sacking cities

πτολί-πορθος, ον, (πέρθω)
  • sacking or wasting cities, epith. of Ares, Il. 20.152, Hes. Th. 936; of Odysseus and Oïleus, Il. 2.278, 728; of Achilles, 15.77, etc.; also of Heracles, Tab.Defix. in Stud.Ital. 2(1922).394 (Cret., iv/iii B.C.); π. μάχαι Pi. O. 8.35; πτολίπορθον στίχα Μήδων Epigr. ap. D.S. 11.14:— also πτολι-πόρθης, ου, ὁ, A. Ag. 472 (lyr.); as pr.n. of a son of Odysseus, Paus. 8.12.6:—the form πολίπορθος never occurs, for πτολίπορθʼ (voc.) is rightly restored in A. Ag. 783 (lyr.); cf. sq. [πτόλις]

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