Ancient Greek Titles: Hoplite, Seven Sages of Greece, Archon, Basileus, Sibyl, Laconophilia, Strategos, Tyrant, Diadochi, Dikastes

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 44. Chapters: Hoplite, Seven Sages of Greece, Archon, Basileus, Sibyl, Laconophilia, Strategos, Tyrant, Diadochi, Dikastes, List of Kings of Sparta, Boule, Hippeis, Peliganes, Autokrator, Anax, Potnia, Aesymnetes, Aeinautae, Polemarch, Hyperetes, Prytaneis, Hellanodikai, Navarch, King of Athens, Ephor, Soter, Gerousia, Gymnasiarch, Proxeny, Somatophylakes, Geomori, Hierophant, Ekdromoi, Epistates, Agoranomos, Nomarch, Kurios, Politarch, Meridarch, Phrourarch, Theorodokoi, Lord of Asia, Theoroi, Tagus, Trierarch, Boeotarch, Promachos, Agonothetes, Episcopi, Macedoniarch, Amphipole. Excerpt: Archon (Gr., pl. ) is a Greek word that means ruler or lord, frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem -, meaning to rule, derived from the same root as monarch, hierarchy and anarchy. In the early literary period of ancient Greece the chief magistrate in various Greek city states was called Archon. The term was also used throughout Greek history in a more general sense, ranging from club leader to master of the tables at syssitia to Roman governor. In Roman terms, the board of archontes ruled by potestas, whereas the Basileus (King) had auctoritas. In Athens a system of nine concurrent Archons evolved, led by three respective remits over the civic, military, and religious affairs of the state: the three office holders being known as the Eponymous archon (; the name ruler, who gave his name to the year in which he held office), the Polemarch (war ruler), and the Archon Basileus (king ruler). Originally these offices were filled from the aristocracy by elections every ten years. During 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 the civic religious...