Scaea porta

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Scaea porta, ae, f., = Σκαιαὶ πύλαι,

the Scaean (western, σκαιός) gate of Troy; Verg. A. 3, 351; Sil. 13, 73; also, acc. to the Greek, in the plur.: Scaeae portae, Verg. A. 2, 612. —As subst.: Scaeae, the Scaean gate : Astyanax Scaeis dejectus ab altis, Aus. Epit. Her. 15, 3.

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