Prytanis

Prytaneis in Wikipedia

The Prytaneis (πρυτάνεις; sing.: πρύτανις prytanis) were the executives of the boule of ancient Athens. The term (like basileus or tyrannos) is probably of pre-Greek origin (possibly cognate to Etruscan (e)pruni). Origins and organization When Cleisthenes reorganized the Athenian government in 508/7 BCE, he replaced the old Solonian boule, or coun...

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Prytănis in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898)

(πρύτανις, "a president"). The name in various Greek free States for the highest officials. In many States, especially in early times, one, two, or five prytancis ruled with almost kingly power. At Athens prytanis was the name for the member of a body of officials who presided over that body when it had any public business to transact. This title w...

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