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πολέμαρχος
πολέμαρχος πολέμ-αρχος, ὁ, one who begins or leads the war, a leader, chieftain, Aesch. a Polemarch, at Athens, the third archon, who presided in the court in which the causes of the μέτοικοι were tried, Ar.;—in earlier times he was general-in-chief, as at Marathon, Hdt. at Sparta, a kind of brigadier, Hdt., Thuc., etc. at Thebes officers of chief rank after the Boeotarchs, Xen. similarly at Mantineia, and in other states, Thuc.

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Polemarchus
war lord, chieftain; at Athens, the third archon

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πολέμαρχος
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πολέμαρχος πολέμ-αρχος, ὁ, one who begins or leads the war, a leader, chieftain, Aesch. a Polemarch, at Athens, the third archon, who presided in the court in which the causes of the μέτοικοι were tried, Ar.;—in earlier times he was general-in-chief, as at Marathon, Hdt. at Sparta, a kind of brigadier, Hdt., Thuc., etc. at Thebes officers of chief rank after the Boeotarchs, Xen. similarly at Mantineia, and in other states, Thuc.
IDX:
26592
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:middle-liddell.perseus-eng2-n26624
Key:
pole/marxos

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