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hele·po·lis
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helepolisnoun
an ancient Greek siege engine consisting of a wheeled tower containing machines for throwing stones and spears
Etymology: From ἑλέπολις.
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Helepolis
Helepolis was an ancient siege engine invented by Polyidus of Thessaly and improved by Demetrius I of Macedon and Epimachus of Athens for the unsuccessful siege of Rhodes, based on an earlier, less massive design used against Salamis. The name was derived from "ελείν πόλεις", meaning taking or capturing cities, not to be confused with Heliopolis. Descriptions of it were written by Diodorus Siculus, Vitruvius, Plutarch, and in the Athenaeus Mechanicus. If their numbers are accurate, it was the largest and most powerful siege tower ever erected.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
helepolis
In the ancient art of war, a machine for battering down the walls of a place besieged. The invention of it is ascribed to Demetrius Poliorcetes. Diodorus Siculus says that each side of the helepolis was 450 cubits broad, and 90 in height; that it had nine stages, or floors, and was carried on four strong solid wheels, 8 cubits in diameter; that it was armed with huge battering-rams, and had two roofs capable of supporting them; that in the lower stages there were different sorts of engines for casting stones, and in the middle they had large catapults for launching arrows.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of helepolis in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of helepolis in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
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