Acropolitan

Acropolitan
adjective /ˌækɹəˈpɒlɪtən/
Of, pertaining to, or in the style of the ; compare .

Who first surrounded the Acropolitan platform with a wall, is unknown, but it is probable that the work of Pelasgi may be traced in part of the boundary wall, from a division of it having received that name by tradition.


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