place commanding a wide view
Ancient Greek word, found 21 times in the texts on Socratos.
Homer, Iliad 14.8: αὐτὰρ ἐγὼν ἐλθὼν τάχα εἴσομαι ἐς περιωπήν.
Homer, Odyssey 10.146: καρπαλίμως παρὰ νηὸς ἀνήιον ἐς περιωπήν,
Apollonius Rhodius, Argonautica 4.900: αἰεὶ δʼ εὐόρμου δεδοκημέναι ἐκ περιωπῆς
All forms of περιωπή