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15-1009: Not to be confused with helepolis . [REDACTED] Look up Heliopolis in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Heliopolis ( Greek for "Sun City") may refer to: Places [ edit ] Heliopolis (ancient Egypt) , also known as Heliopolis in Augustamnica Heliopolis, Cairo , a suburb or district of Cairo, Egypt Heliopolis Sporting Club Heliopolis University in Cairo New Heliopolis Heliopolis (Lebanon) , ancient city also known as Heliopolis Syriaca, Roman Heliopolis, or Heliopolis in Phoenicia; at modern Baalbek in Lebanon Heliopolis (Athens suburb) or Ilioupoli,

30-511: A British thoroughbred racehorse See also [ edit ] Ennead of Heliopolis Heliopolitan Triad Heliopolitan gods in comics Sun City (disambiguation) City of the Sun (disambiguation) Helios (disambiguation) Helepolis Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Heliopolis . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

45-522: A large capstan driving the wheels via a belt, and the rest pushing from behind. The casters permitted lateral movement, so the entire apparatus could be steered towards the desired attack point, while always keeping the siege engines inside aimed at the walls, and the protective body of the machine directly between the city walls and the men pushing behind it. The Helepolis bore a fearsome complement of heavy armaments, with two 180 lb (82 kg) catapults , and one 60 lb (27 kg) (classified by

60-551: A location in Marvel comics Heliopolis, a planet in the Stargate SG-1 episode " The Torment of Tantalus " Literature [ edit ] Heliopolis (Jünger novel) , a 1949 novel by Ernst Jünger Heliopolis (Scudamore novel) , a 2009 novel by James Scudamore Music [ edit ] "Heliopolis", a song by Agathodaimon from Phoenix "Heliopolis", a song by Banco de Gaia from Maya "Heliopolis",

75-416: A song by Samael from Reign of Light "Heliopolis", a song by Franz Schubert "Heliopolis", a song by Spyro Gyra from Morning Dance Others [ edit ] Heliopolis style , the architectural style of the modern Heliopolis Cairo suburb Heliopolis (2009 film) , a 2009 musical docudrama film by Ahmad Abdalla Héliopolis (2020 film) , a 2020 Algerian film Heliopolis (horse) ,

90-866: A suburb of Athens, Greece Heliópolis , the largest favela of São Paulo City, Brazil Heliópolis, Bahia , a municipality in Bahia, Brazil Héliopolis, Algeria , a town and commune in Algeria Héliopolis, a town in France situated on the Levant Island Heliópolis, Seville , neighbourhood of the Bellavista-La Palmera district in Seville, Spain Fictional places [ edit ] Heliopolis (Marvel Comics) ,

105-489: The Thebans in the siege of Thebes and captured the city the following year. In subsequent ages, siege engineers continued to use the name helepolis for moving towers which carried battering rams , as well as for machines for throwing spears and heavy stones. The Byzantines much later used the term helepolis to describe a very different siege engine; the traction trebuchet . The first recorded use of this terminology

120-518: The area where the Helepolis was expected to attack the following day. Diognetus was successful; the tower was brought forth to the anticipated attack position and became irretrievably stuck in the mire. Once the siege was lifted, the Rhodians sold Demetrius's abandoned siege engines and used the money to erect the enormous Colossus of Rhodes. Demetrius again used a similar machine in 292 BC against

135-416: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Heliopolis&oldid=1161199704 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Helepolis The most famous

150-568: The materials and money to build a statue of their patron god, Helios , the Colossus of Rhodes , which became known as one of the ancient Seven Wonders of the World . Vitruvius offers an alternative version, in which the Rhodians begged Diognetus , once the town architect of Rhodes, to find a way to capture the Helepolis. By cover of night, he had the Rhodians knock a hole through the city wall to channel large amounts of water, mud and sewage onto

165-404: The walls of defenders. As the Helepolis was pushed towards the city, the Rhodians managed to dislodge some of the metal plates, and Demetrius ordered it withdrawn from battle to protect it from being burned. Following the failure of the siege, the Helepolis along with the other siege engines were abandoned, and the people of Rhodes melted down their metal plating and sold abandoned weapons, using

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180-476: The weight of the projectiles they threw) on the first floor, three 60 lb (27 kg) catapults on the second, and two 30 lb (14 kg) on each of the next five floors. Apertures, shielded by mechanically adjustable shutters, lined with skins stuffed with wool and seaweed to render them fireproof, perforated the forward wall of the tower for firing the missile weapons. On each of the top two floors, soldiers could use two light dart throwers to easily clear

195-515: Was by Theophylact Simocatta , in describing the siege of Tiflis in the Byzantine–Sassanid War of 602–628 . Polyidus of Thessaly Polyidus of Thessaly (also Polyides , Polydus ; Ancient Greek : Πολύειδος ὁ Θεσσαλός , Polúeidos ho Thessalós , English translation : "much beauty", from polus , "many, much" and eidos , "form, appearance, beauty") was an ancient Greek military engineer of Philip , who made improvements in

210-470: Was manually pushed into battle. It rested on eight wheels, each 15 feet (5 m) high and also had casters , to allow lateral movement as well as direct. The three exposed sides were rendered fireproof with iron plates, and stories divided the interior, connected by two broad flights of stairs, one for ascent and one for descent. The machine weighed 160 short tons (150  t ; 140 long tons ), and required 3,400 men working in relays to move it, 200 turning

225-535: 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) . Descriptions of it were written by Diodorus Siculus , Vitruvius , Plutarch , and in the Athenaeus Mechanicus . The Helepolis was essentially a large tapered tower, with each side about 130 ft (40 m) high, and 65 ft (20 m) wide that

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