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Polemarch
Polemarch Pol"e*march, n. [Gr. ?; ? war + ? leader, from ? to
be first.] (Gr. Antiq.)
In Athens, originally, the military commanderin-chief; but,
afterward, a civil magistrate who had jurisdiction in respect
of strangers and sojourners. In other Grecian cities, a high
military and civil officer.
Meaning of Polemarch from wikipedia
- A polemarch (/ˈpɔːləˌmɑːrk/, from Ancient Gr****: πολέμαρχος, polemarchos) was a senior military title in various ancient Gr**** city states (poleis). The...
- Athenian polemarch at the Battle of Marathon which took place during 490 BC. According to Herodotus he was from the Attica deme of Afidnes. As polemarch, Callimachus...
- president of the national fraternity is known as the Grand Polemarch, who ****igns a Province Polemarch for each of the twelve provinces (regions) of the nation...
- evolved, the three office holders being known as the Archon Eponymos, the Polemarch, and the Archon Basileus. According to Aristotle's Constitution of the...
- Polemarch (1918 – after 1937) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire. He showed considerable promise as a two-year-old in 1920 when he won the...
- Polemarchus or Polemarch (/ˈpɒlɪˌmɑːrk/; Gr****: Πολέμαρχος; 5th century – 404 BCE) was an ancient Athenian philosopher from the Piraeus. The son of Cephalus...
- state: the three office holders were known as the eponymous archon, the polemarch (πολέμαρχος, "war ruler"), and the archon basileus (ἄρχων βασιλεύς, "king...
- Athenians created in honor of the Callimachus. Callimachus was the Athenian polemarch at the Battle of Marathon at 490 BC. He had the last vote and voted in...
- trained them to fight in the Macedonian pike phalanx. The unit was led by a Polemarch, the third (or arguably second) highest rank in Spartan hierarchy after...
- Thermopylae. Plutarch calls him, throughout, Leontidas. He was one of the polemarchs at Thebes, in 382 BC, when the Spartan commander Phoebidas stopped there...
