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Dipylon

noun
1.
A gateway to the west of ancient Athens near which a distinctive style of pottery has been found.  Synonym: Dipylon gate.
adjective
1.
Of or relating to a gateway on the west of ancient Athens.



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"Dipylon" Quotes from Famous Books



... where the porticos and the long Dromos street ran off toward the Dipylon gate, stood the shop of Clearchus the potter. A low counter was covered with the owner's wares,—tall amphorae for wine, flat beakers, water-pots, and basins. Behind, two apprentices whirled the wheel, another glazed on the black varnish ...
— A Victor of Salamis • William Stearns Davis
... earth of Athens, and sacrificed to Hermes and Hecate, the protectors of travellers, they left the city at the Dipylon Gate, and entered the road leading to Eleusis. The country presented a cheerless aspect; for fields and vineyards once fruitful were desolated by ferocious war. But religious veneration had protected the altars, ...
— Philothea - A Grecian Romance • Lydia Maria Child


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