Persēpŏlis (Persaep-), is, f., = Περσαιπολις,
a city of Persia , the ruins of which are now called Istakhr , Plin. 6, 26, 29, § 115; Curt. 5, 4, 33; 5, 6, 11 sq.; Vulg. 2 Macc. 9, 2; Amm. 23, 6, 42.
PERSE´POLIS(Περσέπολις, Diod. 17.70; Ptol. 6.4.4; Curt. 5.4. 6; Περσαίπολις, Strab. 15.729: Eth. Περ...
Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography
mentioned only in 2 Macc. 9:2, was the capital of Persia proper, and the occasional residence of the...
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