| 单词 | seven-gated |
| 释义 | > as lemmasseven-gated seven-gated adj. (originally and chiefly as an epithet of the ancient Greek city of Thebes) having seven gates. [After ancient Greek ἑπτάπυλος.] ΚΠ 1581 A. Hall tr. Homer 10 Bks. Iliades iv. 71 The seauen gated [Gk. ἑπταπύλοιο] Thebes towne. 1729 G. Adams tr. Sophocles Antigone i. ii, in tr. Sophocles Trag. II. 14 Round the seven gated [Gk. ἑπτάπυλον] City. 1899 Whitstable Times 28 Jan. 6/5 In the under-world described by Dante, the great Pagan dead who were not good enough for heaven or bad enough for hell reposed In a seven-walled and seven-gated city. 2014 Mnemosyne 67 742 The seven-gated walled city of Thebes has been considered from many angles. < as lemmas |
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