πύργος

πύργος, ὁ,

• tower, esp. such as were attached to the walls of a city, Il. 7.219, al., Hes. Sc. 242, Hdt. 3.74, al., Th. 2.17, al., Plb. 5.99.9, etc.: in pl., city walls or ramparts with their towers, Il. 7.338, 437; in sg., ἧντʼ ἐπὶ πύργῳ 3.153, cf. 22.447; πόλιος ἣν πέρι πύργος ὑψηλός Od. 6.262; πέριξ δὲ πύργος εἶχʼ ἔτι πτόλιν E. Hec. 1209; πύργους ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστῆσαι Pl. Criti. 116a.
• • • • b movable tower for storming towns, X. Cyr. 6.1.53, 6.2.18; π. ὑπότροχοι Onos. 42.3.
      • c tower on the back of war-elephants, Arr. Tact. 2.4.
      • d Ζανὸς π., Pythag. name for the central fire of the universe, Arist. Fr. 204.
    • 2 metaph., tower of defence, τοῖος . . σφιν π. ἀπώλεο, of Ajax, Od. 11.556; ἄνδρες πόλιος π. ἀρεύϊος Alc. Supp. 1a.10; παῖς ἄρσην πατέρʼ ἔχει π. μέγαν E. Alc. 311, cf. Med. 390; ἅπας μοι π. Ἑλλήνων πατρίς Trag.Adesp. 392; θανάτων δʼ ἐμᾷ χώρᾳ π. ἀνέστα a tower of defence from deaths, S. OT 1201 (lyr.).
    • 3 the part of a house (prob. a separate building) in which the women lived and worked, αἱ ἄλλαι θεράπαιναι ἐν τῷ π. ἦσαν, οὗπερ διαιτῶνται D. 47.56; esp. if unmarried, as Hero in her tower, Musae. 32, 187, cf. Philostr.Jun. Im. 1; of the workmanʼs hut of Timon the misanthrope (which also became his tomb, cf. Luc. Tim. 42), Paus. 1.30.4, cf. AP 7.402 (Antip.); outbuildings, esp. if used in industry, LXX Is. 5.2, Mi. 4.8, PStrassb. 110.6 (iii B.C.), BGU 1194.9 (ii B.C.), 650.8 (i A.D.), POxy. 243.15 (i A.D.), Ev.Marc. 12.1, Ev.Luc. 14.28, PGiss. 67.16 (ii A.D.), IG 2(2).2776.65 (ii A.D.); π. ἐν ᾧ βαφεῖον καὶ ἕτερα χρηστήρια PLond. 2.371.3 (i A.D.).
  • II part of an army drawn up in close order, column, Il. 4.334, 347.
  • • 2 at Teos, a division of the people, CIG 3064,3081, al.
  • III dice-box, AP 9.482.24 (Agath.); cf. Lat. pyrgus.

πύργος, ein Wort mit unsrer Burg, Turm ; bes. die zur Verteidigung auf der Stadtmauer angebrachten Mauertürme, πόλιος, ἣν πέρι πύργος ὑψηλός, Od. 6.262, u. öfter in der Il., die Ringmauer mit ihren Türmen, im plur. Il. 7.338, 436 ; ἄστεος, Pind. P. 5.52 ; übh. jedes hochragende, turmähnliche Gebäude, Il. 21.526, 22.447, vgl. 440 ; übh. Befestigungswerk, Schutzwehr, Bollwerk, vgl. Αἴας φέρων σάκος ἠΰτε πύργον, 11.485, 17.128 ; so heißt Aias selbst πύργος Ἀχαιοῖς, Od. 11.556 ; Achilleus π. ἀϋτῆς, Theocr. 22.220. – Oft bei Tragg. für Turm, Mauer, z.B. Aesch. Spt. 33, 198, öfter ; πόλιν πύργων βαθείᾳ μηχανῇ κεκλειμένην, Suppl. 934 ; Soph. auch = Schutz, σμικροὶ μεγάλων χωρὶς σφαλερὸν πύργου ῥῦμα πέλονται, Aj. 159 ; παῖς ἄρσην πατέρʼ ἔχει πύργον μέγαν, Eur. Alc. 312 ; πύργους καὶ πύλας ἐπὶ τῶν γεφυρῶν ἐπιστήσαντες, Plat. Critia. 116a ; ξύλινος, Thuc. 4.90, u. A.; auch von einzelnen auf Rädern beweglichen, als Belagerungsmaschinen gebrauchten Türmen.
Bei Dem. 47.56 ein Hintergebäude mit einem Turm oder Altan, in welchem das weibliche Gesinde ist ; auch nach Schol. Ap.Rh. 3.238 sind πύργοι = ὑψηλότεραι οἰκοδομαί, Zimmer im oberen Stockwerke. – Eine in geschlossenen Gliedern vorrückende Heeresabteilung, ein Viereck oder ein Zug, Il. 4.334, 347. Vgl. πυργηδόν.

πύργος

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• • 1

    A fortified wall securing a city or strong place; in pl., walls, ramparts : ἧντʼ ἐπὶ πύργῳ Il. 3.153, δείμομεν πύργους Il. 7.338. Cf. Il. 6.373, Il. 7.437 (hardly to be distinguished from τεῖχος), Il. 8.165, Il. 9.574, Il. 12.36, 332 (the part of the wall under his charge), Il. 15.737, Il. 16.700, Il. 18.274, Il. 22.97 (a projecting angle of the wall), Il. 24.443, etc. : Od. 6.262.

    Fig. of a person : τοῖός σφιν π. ἀπώλεο (so mighty a wall of defence was lost in thee) Od. 11.556.

  • 2

    A tower erected for defence on such a wall : φέρων σάκος ἠΰτε πύργον Il. 7.219=Il. 11.485=Il. 17.128. Cf. Il. 4.462.

  • 3

    A body of troops formed in line : δέκα πύργοι Ἀχαιῶν Il. 4.347, πάπτηνεν ἀνὰ πύργον Ἀχαιῶν (the line of defenders) Il. 12.333. Cf. Il. 4.334.

πύργος

• 1tower δράκοντες, ἐπεὶ κτίσθη νέον, πύργον ἐσαλλόμενοι τρεῖς O. 8.38 met., ὁ Βάττου δʼ ἕπεται παλαιὸς ὄλβος, πύργος ἄστεος ὄμμα τε φαεννότατον ξένοισι P. 5.56 τετείχισται δὲ πάλαι πύργος ὑψηλαῖς ἀρεταῖς ἀναβαίνειν (cf. Πα. 2. 38) I. 5.45

πύργος : tower, turreted wall; fig., of Ajax, πύργος Ἀχαιῶν, Il. 11.556; his shield also is compared to a tower, Il. 7.219, Il. 11.485; of a ‘column,’ ‘compact body’ of troops, Il. 4.334.

πύργος, ὁ,

• • Ia tower, Il., Hdt., etc.:—in pl. the city walls with towers, Il.; so, collectively, in sg., Od., Eur.
  • • • ba movable tower for storming towns, Xen.
    • 2metaph. a tower of defence, as Ajax is called πύργος Ἀχαιοῖς, Od.; παῖς ἄρσην πατέρʼ ἔχει πύργον μέγαν Eur.; θανάτων π. a tower of defence from deaths, Soph.
    • 3the highest part of any building, where the women lived, Il.
  • IItroops drawn up in close order, a column, Il.; cf. πυργηδόν.