πολέμαρχος: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ὁ, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[polemarch]], [[chieftain]], [[war-lord]], [[warlord]], Κνωσίων, Ἀχαιῶν, <span class="bibl">B. 16.39</span>, A <span class="title">Ch.</span>1072 (anap.), cf.<span class="title">Th.</span>828 (anap.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> the title of high officers in several Greek states: </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">1</span> at Athens, [[the third archon]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.6.109</span>, <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">V.</span>1042</span>, <span class="title">IG</span>12.16.10,49.7, al.; ὠφληκέναι παρὰ τῷ π. in his court, <span class="bibl">Lys.23.3</span>; at Sparta, a [[military commander]], <span class="bibl">Hdt.7.173</span>, <span class="bibl">Th.5.66</span>, <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>4.4.7</span>,<span class="bibl">4.5.7</span>, etc.; at [[Thebes]], officers of chief rank after the [[Boeotarch]]s, supreme in affairs of war, ib.<span class="bibl">5.4.2</span> sqq., <span class="title">Michel</span> 232 (ii B.C., found in Crete), etc.; at Orchomenos, <span class="title">IG</span>7.3175.5, etc.; at Mantinea, <span class="bibl">Th.5.47</span>; in Arcadia, <span class="bibl">Plb.4.18.2</span>; π. ἐπιμήνιος <span class="title">SIG</span>402.1 (Chois, iii B.C.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">2</span> simply, [[chief]], [[leader]], συνεφήβων <span class="title">IG</span>22.2055.</span>