acraean

Updated: June 30, 2026

The Syracusans meanwhile went on and fortified the pass in front, where there was a steep hill with a rocky ravine on each side of it, called the Acraean cliff.

Thucydides - The History of the Peloponnesian War

The army was formed into a hollow square with the baggage in the middle; Nicias leading the van, and Demosthenes bringing up the rear. The road ascended by a sort of ravine over a steep hill called the Acraean cliff on which the Syracusans had fortified themselves.

Sir William Smith - A Smaller history of Greece : From the earliest times to the Roman conquest