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σατράπης
σατράπης -ου, satrap, governor of a Persian province, an officer intrusted with the civil control of one of the provinces into which the Persian empire was divided. Each province had also a general to look after its military affairs, and a secretary to represent the king and watch his colleagues. Certain favored satraps, as Cyrus, the king’s son, exercised military as well as civil control over their satrapies.

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a satrap, viceroy

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σατράπης -ου, satrap, governor of a Persian province, an officer intrusted with the civil control of one of the provinces into which the Persian empire was divided. Each province had also a general to look after its military affairs, and a secretary to represent the king and watch his colleagues. Certain favored satraps, as Cyrus, the king’s son, exercised military as well as civil control over their satrapies.
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2106
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urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionaries.v1:anabasis-mather-2108
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satra/phs

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