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3 sie 2019 · The importance of Cecrops to ancient Greeks (and in particular Athenians) meant the Acropolis was named Cecropia in honor of him. What Makes an Acropolis? The word acropolis can be translated to ‘city in the sky’ or ‘city in the air’ and it was a term used for any city which was built atop a high hill.
6 sty 2020 · The name refers to an ancient citadel standing on a rocky hill that overlooks Athens and is dotted with some of the most significant monuments of the city’s past. The word itself combines the words ‘akron’ and ‘polis’, the former translating to “highest point” and the latter to “city”.
Cecropia is a Neotropical genus consisting of 61 recognized species with a highly distinctive lineage of dioecious trees. [1] The genus consists of pioneer trees in the more or less humid parts of the Neotropics, with the majority of the species being myrmecophytic. [2]
19 sie 2020 · The Acropolis of Athens is one of the landmarks of the modern and ancient world looking out across the city below and to the sea into the distance. While the term acropolis simply means highest point, and there are many acropolises across Greece, it is the one in Athens that most people would think of when they hear or read that word.
Translation. -- King Cecrops of Athens, Athenian red-figure kylix C5th B.C., Antikensammlung Berlin. KEKROPS (Cecrops) was an early, earth-born king of Attika and founder the city of Athens. He was depicted as a man from the waist up with a serpent's-tail in place of legs.
cecropia, (genus Cecropia), several species of tropical tree of the family Cecropiaceae common to the understory layer of disturbed forest habitats of Central and South America. It is easily recognized by its thin, white-ringed trunk and umbrella-like arrangement of large leaves at the branch tips.
Cekropka, drążnik, drążnia, drzewo trąbowe (Cecropia Loefl.) – rodzaj roślin z rodziny pokrzywowatych (Urticaceae). Obejmuje 61 [2] [6] [7] lub 63 [8] gatunków, niektóre źródła wymieniają ok. 70–80 gatunków [5] [9] [10] .
