βασιλεύς -ῆος, ὁ. One in authority, a king, chief, noble. 1 Of men (never of gods), sometimes as a title, sometimes as a descriptive term. Of Agamemnon Il. 1.9, 231, 340, 410, Il. 3.179, Il. 4.402, Il. 7.180, Il. 11.23, 46, 136, 262, 283, Il. 19.256. Of Achilles Il. 1.331, Il. 16.211. Of Nestor Il. 2.54. Of Paris Il. 4.96. Of Priam Il. 5.464, Il. 24.680, 803. Of Proetus Il. 6.163. Of Rhesus Il. 10.435, 494. Of Sarpedon Il. 16.660. Of Menelaus Od. 4.44, 621. Of Alcinous Od. 7.46, 55, 141, Od. 8.157, 257, 469, Od. 13.62. Of Odysseus Od. 16.335, Od. 20.194. Of Antinous and Eurymachus Od. 18.64. Of Antinous Od. 24.179. Of minor heroes and personages Il. 4.338, Il. 13.643, Il. 20.219, Il. 23.631, 849: Od. 4.618 = Od. 15.118, Od. 14.316, 336, Od. 18.85 = 116 = Od. 21.308, Od. 19.287. Joined with ἄναξ Od. 20.194. 2 In various contexts: κρείς σων β. ὅτε χώσεται ἀνδρὶ χέρηϊ Il. 1.80, διοτρεφέων βασιλήων 176, ὅν τινα βασιλῆα κιχείη Il. 2.188, εἷς β. [ἔστω] 205. Cf. Il. 2.86, 98, 196, 214, 247, 250, 277, 445, etc.: μὴ σέ γε βασιλῆα κρονίων ποιήσειεν Od. 1.386, δίκη βασιλήων Od. 4.691. Cf. Od. 1.394, Od. 2.231 = Od. 5.9, Il. 20.480, Od. 4.63, Od. 6.54, Od. 7.49, Od. 8.41, 390, Od. 10.110, Od. 13.205, Od. 14.278, Od. 17.416, Od. 19.109, Od. 20.196, 222, Od. 24.88, 253.