• Archon basileus (Ancient Greek: ἄρχων βασιλεύς árchōn basileús) was a Greek title, meaning "king magistrate": the term is derived from the words archon...
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  • this period the eponymous archon was the chief magistrate, the polemarch was the head of the armed forces, and the archon basileus was responsible for some...
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    named), the polemarch (polemos archon = war lord) and the basileus divided the powers of Athens' ancient kings, with the basileus overseeing religious rites...
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  • concurrent archons evolved, the three office holders being known as archon eponymos (ἄρχων ἐπώνυμος), the polemarch (πολέμαρχος), and the archon basileus (ἄρχων...
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  • position in the religion of ancient Athens, held by the wife of the archon basileus. The role dated to the time when Athens was ruled by kings, and their...
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    held a high position in Athenian society, alongside the archon eponymos and the archon basileus. In Athens the polemarch was the commander-in-chief of...
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    identified by the name of the archon who had held the eponymous office on that date. The archon basileus (ἄρχων βασιλεὺς / árkhôn basileùs), who took over the religious...
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    aporia. In this dialogue, Socrates meets Euthyphro at the porch of the archon basileus (the 'king magistrate') at that time. Socrates tells him that he is...
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    Pharmakos Votive offering Theatre Religious offices Amphictyonic league Archon basileus Basilinna Gerarai Hiereiai Hierophant Hierophylakes Iatromantis Kanephoros...
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    priest of the Eleusinian family of the Kerykes, and held the offices of archon basileus and eponymous in Athens. When the Heruli overran Greece and captured...
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    classical antiquity, king may translate in Latin as rex and in Greek as archon or basileus. In classical European feudalism, the title of king as the ruler of...
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    Pharmakos Votive offering Theatre Religious offices Amphictyonic league Archon basileus Basilinna Gerarai Hiereiai Hierophant Hierophylakes Iatromantis Kanephoros...
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    Pharmakos Votive offering Theatre Religious offices Amphictyonic league Archon basileus Basilinna Gerarai Hiereiai Hierophant Hierophylakes Iatromantis Kanephoros...
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  • including a third party, could bring this charge (graphē asebeias) to the Archon basileus. Instead of a single law or text defining the charge and proceedings...
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  • were either sworn in by the Athenian basilinna or her husband, the archon basileus. One of their primary duties during the Anthesteria was to assist in...
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    the hieros gamos enacted at the Anthesteria by the wife of the Archon basileus, the "Archon King" in Athens, originally therefore the queen of Athens, with...
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    Hellas [Greece].") History portal Greece portal Politics Archon basileus Episkopoi Eponymous archon Solonian Constitution Seisachtheia Society Women in classical...
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    were overseen by the archon basileus and by officials of the Eleusinian mysteries. The City Dionysia was overseen by the archon eponymos and the priest...
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  • classical antiquity is often identified as "king" or "ruler" (translating archon, basileus, rex, tyrannos, etc.) or as "queen" (basilinna, basilissa, basileia...
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    Pharmakos Votive offering Theatre Religious offices Amphictyonic league Archon basileus Basilinna Gerarai Hiereiai Hierophant Hierophylakes Iatromantis Kanephoros...
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