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                    "description": "<b>ἑλέ·πολις, εως (ἡ) :<br\/>      1<\/b> <i>adj<\/i>. qui prend <i>ou<\/i> ruine les villes, <i>en parl. d’Hélène,<\/i> ESCHL. <i>Ag. 689 ; d’Iphigénie,<\/i> EUR. <i>I.A. 1476, 1511 ;<\/i><br\/><b>      2<\/b> ἑλ. μηχανή, JOS. <i>B.J. 2, 19, 9, etc. ;<\/i> DH. <i>9, 68 ; ou simpl<\/i>. ἡ ἑλ. DS. <i>20, 48 et 91 ;<\/i> PLUT. <i>Demetr. 21,<\/i> hélépole <i>ou<\/i> tour roulante, <i>machine de siège, inventée par Démétrios Poliorcète<\/i>.<p style='color:darkgreen'>➳ <i>Poét<\/i>. ἑλέπτολις, ESCHL. EUR. <i>ll. cc<\/i>.<\/p><p style='color:darkblue'><b>Étym<\/b>. ἑλεῖν, πόλις.<\/p>"
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                    "description": "poet. ἑλέπτολις, ι, εως, <b>city-destroying<\/b>, epith. of Helen, A. <i>Ag.<\/i> 689 (lyr.); of Iphigenia, E. <i>IA<\/i> 1476 (lyr.), 1511 (lyr.); of Lamia, <i>Com.Adesp.<\/i> 303. fem. <i>Subst.<\/i>, <b>engine for sieges<\/b>, invented by Demetrius Poliorcetes, D.S. 20.48, Plu. <i>Demetr.<\/i> 21, Ph. <i>Bel.<\/i> 95.39, Vitr. 10.16.4, etc. ; ἄνευ μηχανῆς καὶ ἑ. Alciphr. 3.45; pl., ἑ. μηχαναί D.H. 9.68. <i>metaph<\/i>, of a person, ἑ. τῆς Ἑλλάδος Hp. Ep. 11; also ἡ τῶν ἀνοσίων ἑ. τοῦτο (sc. πένθος) Ph. 2.191."
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