McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Polieus

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McClintock Biblical Encyclopedia: Polieus


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( Ðïëéåýò ). a surname of Zeus, or Jupiter, under which he was worshipped at Athens, as the protector of the city. The god had an altar on the Acropolis, on which a bull was sacrificed.