Talk:Acropolis/Archive 1

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what happened to this page?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.33.171.167 (talk) 00:03, 1 February 2006 (UTC)

As a note to the editors who patrol Wikipedia like a pack of hungry scholar-lions, this page could be linked to hundreds of things (internal, in the end-section) that are relevant, yet it is not. --Chromium 16:01, 3 February 2006 (UTC)

What is the plural form of acropolis?—Preceding unsigned comment added by 69.209.64.80 (talk) 01:05, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

In Greek akropoleis, in English acropolises. Adam 03:12, 23 February 2006 (UTC)

The page appeared to have been vandalised, I have changed it back. --AndromedaCalla 20:40, 27 February 2007 (UTC) what was that — Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.54.15.172 (talk) 01:16, 6 May 2014 (UTC)

Άκρον means Edge not Top

I've changed the literal meaning in the main page. I'm Greek and I know that we refer to άκρον for all directions, not only the upper direction. Άκρον can' be upper, but not only upper. As an example, we refer to our hands and feet as "άκρα". The hand is an upper limb (άνω άκρο), the foot is a lower limb (κάτω άκρο).--83.146.62.97 01:02, 9 March 2006 (UTC)

This is a highly questionable amendment that sets the English version of this page at odds with most other major language versions, which give the traditional translation "high" (haut, alto, höchster, верхний). Άκρον may refer to all kinds of extremities but surely the extremity referred to in this case is one of altitude, therefore "high" is the appropriate translation. Analogies are abundant: Russian "палец" can refer to a finger or a toe, but it would be ridiculous to translate безымянный палец as "wedding-ring toe", "wedding-ring finger-or-toe" etc. This article is not the place for a full etymological discussion of άκρον and its PIE roots: the conventional translation, with perhaps a minor gloss (e.g. "άκρον: high, extreme") would suffice. 83.146.62.97 may know about Greek, but overlooks the subtleties of translation or the purpose and audience of this (too brief) article. Bakewell (talk) 09:37, 13 May 2009 (UTC)

I find the "edge" interpretation dubious (many ancient Greek cities had their "high cities"), but I am not qualified to correct this. Nevertheless, it is ridiculous to have two contradictory etymologies in the opening sentences of this article. Could someone please resolve this?--seberle (talk) 02:53, 6 September 2009 (UTC)

My Greek is near non-existant, however ....

Maybe it's acropolae ... maybe.  :) Kyanwan 18:58, 10 November 2007 (UTC)

• Then again, Kyanwan, it could be anything. Your contribution was anything but constructive... Stevenmitchell (talk) 00:43, 9 February 2012 (UTC)

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