so that ten groups of prytaneis served each year, a position granted by sortition. The executive officers were known as prytaneis and their term of office...
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prytaneion (Ancient Greek: Πρυτανεῖον, Latin: prytanēum) was seat of the prytaneis (executive), and so the seat of government in ancient Greece. The term...
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the discretion of its rotating presidents, the "prytani" (singular, "prytaneis"), Pericles had no formal control over their scheduling; rather, the respect...
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Certain of them were in personal attendance on officials, for example the Prytaneis, Probuli--especially police-officers: Astynomi, Agoranomi The corps dated...
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familiarly known as "councillors of the bean"; officially they were known as prytaneis (πρύτανις, meaning "chief" or "teacher"). The council members examined...
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Hermas son of Doreon, of the deme Megisteus, was the proposer: Whereas the prytaneis who were colleagues with Dionysius the son of Musaeus in the 8th year...
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their motion to a vote. The presiding officers of the assembly were the prytaneis, randomly-selected councilmen from the tribe that was assigned to oversee...
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as a standing committee (the prytaneis) of the Boule for a period of thirty-six days. All fifty members of the prytaneis on duty were housed and fed in...
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a prosperous city. It contained the names of officials (e.g. archons, prytaneis, and demiourgos) as well as various institutions (e.g. boule, ecclesia)...
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the school "Prytanée militaire", in a classic reference to the Greek prytaneis (literally "Presidents"), an executive body acting as the religious and...
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