ἑπτάπυλος

• with seven gates, epith. of Boeotian Thebes (cf. ἑκατόμπυλος), Il. 4.406, Od. 11.263, B. 18.47, Anaxandr. 41.21, cf. A. Th. 165 (lyr.), S. Ant. 119 (lyr.).
• • II ἑ. κλῖμαξ stairway symbolizing the ascent of the soul through the seven planetary spheres, Cels. ap. Origenes Cels. 6.22 (prob. for ὑψί-).

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[ἑπτά + πύλη.]

The seven-gated.

Epithet of the Boeotian Thebes Il. 4.406: Od. 11.263.

• 1seven gated epith. of Thebes. ἐν ἑπταπύλοις Θήβαις P. 3.90, P. 8.39 ἑπτάπυλοι Θῆβαι P. 9.80 ἑπταπύλοισι Θήβαις P. 11.11 ἑπταπύλοισι Θήβαισι I. 1.66 Θήβαις τʼ ἐν ἑπταπύλοις N. 4.19 ἐς ἑπταπύλους Θήβας N. 9.18 ἐν ἑπταπύλοισι Θήβαις I. 8.16 Θ[ήβαις] ἑπταπύλοις<ιν>. (G-H: ]ἑπταπύλοις θ[ Π contra met.) Παρθ. 2. 60. ἐν ἑπταπύλοισι [Θήβαις] fr. 169. 47.

• with seven gates, epith. of Boeotian Thebes, Hom., etc.;—Egyptian Thebes being ἑκατόμπυλοι.