heptapylos

heptapylos, on (ἑπτάπυλος), siebentorig, Thebae, Apul. met. 4, 9. – heteroklit. heptapylae Thebae, Hyg. fab. 275. Lact. Stat. Theb. 3, 198.

Heptapylos

(ἑπτάπυλος). “Seven-gated.” A name of Thebes in Boeotia, distinguishing it from the Egyptian Thebes, which is called “hundred-gated” (ἑκατόμπυλοι).