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Helepolis (Greek: ἑλέπολις, meaning: "Taker of Cities") is the Greek name for a movable siege tower. The most famous was that invented by Polyidus of Thessaly, and improved by Demetrius I of Macedon and Epimachus of Athens, for the Siege of Rhodes (305 BC).
Helepolis (stgr. ἑλέπολις – dosł. „zdobywca miasta”, l.mn. helepoleis) – olbrzymia ruchoma wieża oblężnicza z epoki hellenistycznej. Wieża helepolis w dawnym wyobrażeniu
28 lip 2023 · The Helepolis and the other siege engines were abandoned after the siege failed, and the people of Rhodes used the materials and money to construct the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of their patron god Helios that is now known as one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World.
Demetrius I, King of Macedon, invented many siege engines including battering rams and siege towers. For the Siege of Rhodes, he created the Helepolis, the Taker of Cities, a huge armored siege tower containing many heavy catapults.
19 lip 2018 · As the modern Cairo suburbs advanced ever deeper into the former home of the sun god Ra, a project was set up to record the archaeology of Heliopolis before it was too late. Aiman Ashmawy and Dietrich Raue explained to Matthew Symonds what drew kings and commoners alike to seek divine blessings in one of Ancient Egypt’s great marvels.
26 lip 2019 · Helepolis was a huge wooden tower with iron plates and wheels used by Demetrius to besiege the city of Rhodes in 305 BC. The Rhodians melted the tower and used the metal to build the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of Helios that stood for 54 years before falling.
23 mar 2016 · Demetrius was an inventive siege-master, his most famous weapon being the helepolis or 'city-taker', a 40-metre high siege tower with nine levels and which was wheeled, armoured, and could carry multiple artillery weapons (ballistae). The tower also had a beam fitted to its front which was decorated with a ram's head and used to punch holes in ...
