Σκαιαί

Σκαιαί

• πύλαι.
• A gate of Troy, probably on the north west Il. 3.145, 149, Il. 6.237, 307, 393, Il. 9.354, Il. 11.170, Il. 16.712, Il. 18.453, Il. 22.6, 360.
• Σκαιαί alone Il. 3.263.

Σκαιαί : πύλαι, and without πύλαι, Il. 3.263; the ScaeanGate of Troy, the only gate of the city which Homer mentions by name. It appears to have faced the Greek camp, affording a view over the Trojan plain, Il. 3.145, 149, 263, Il. 6.237, 307, 393, Il. 9.354, Il. 11.170, Il. 16.712, Il. 18.453, Il. 22.6, 360.