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    Archon (Greek: ἄρχων, romanized: árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes) is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public...
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  • Archons (Greek: ἄρχων, romanized: árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes), in Gnosticism and religions closely related to it, are the builders of the physical...
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    officials. It was responsible for nominating and electing magistrates (árchontes), thus indirectly electing the members of the Areopagus. It had the final...
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  • Bulgaria with titles that exist in the language in which they are written – archontes, meaning 'commander or magistrate' in Greek, and knyaz, meaning "duke"...
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    Vlach army. Byzantine historians usually described foreign rulers as archontes. The document signed by Basil II to give the position of archon of the...
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  • ISSN 2054-6769. Retrieved 2 June 2022. Follet, Simone (2000). "Les deux archontes Pamménès du Ier siècle a.c. à Athènes". Revue des Études Grecques. 113:...
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    as literary, epigraphic and sigillographic evidence testify to Slavic archontes participating in Imperial affairs. By the end of the 9th century, the...
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    Claude Mossé La démocratie grecque MA Editions, Paris 1986, Article: Archontes Sinclair, RK., Democracy and Participation in Athens, Cambridge University...
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    made up of the private retinues and peasant levies of the border lords (archontes). Finally, the large and diverse host included 500 Frankish and Norman...
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    Amytzantarantes, who were identified as representing the interests of the native archontes. The years 1347–1348 marked the apex of this lawless period. The Turks...
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    fostered good relations between Athens and League members; episkopoi and archontes, who oversaw the collection of tribute; and hellenotamiai, who received...
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    commander-in-chief; but from 486 onwards the polemarchos, like the other archontes, was appointed by lot. The annual election of the strategoi was held in...
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  • administration and use of public finances. The most honored posts were the ancient archontes, or archons in English. In previous ages they had been the heads of the...
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    Phryne. Phryné (soprano) Lampito, esclave de Phryné (soprano) Dicéphile, archonte (bass) Nicias, neveu de Dicéphile (tenor) Cynalopex (tenor) Agoragine (bass)...
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    warlord. In Athens, the polemarchos was one of nine annually appointed archontes (ἄρχοντες) and functioned as the commander of the military, though to...
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  • archon (ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων, epōnymos archōn). "Archon" (ἄρχων, pl. ἄρχοντες, archontes) means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public...
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    (the Rum Millet, or the "Roman nation") of the Empire, often acting as archontes of the Ecumenical See. For all their cosmopolitanism and often western...
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    Firstmas"), the Constantinopolitan Christmas carol "Kalēn hespéran, árchontes" ("Good evening, lords"), and the New Year's carol "Archimēniá ki archichroniá"...
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    Administrando Imperio, Constantine VII wrote that in winter, the Rus princes (archontes) moved to and were maintained in the lands of their Severian and Krivich...
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    votes would remain anonymous. Nine Archontes and the council of the five hundred supervised the process while the Archontes counted the ostraka submitted and...
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    Patriarchate of Constantinople, the process is under the care of the Archontes Myrepsoi, lay officials of the Patriarchate. Various members of the clergy...
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    Patriarchs of Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Ohrid and Peja—often acting as archontes of the Ecumenical See. They dominated the administration of the patriarchate...
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  • serving in the army of the Tocco, were commanded by their own archontes. Nonetheless, the archontes of both the Albanians and the Greeks were subordinated to...
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    exemplified by Cherson itself, which was administered by the local magnates (archontes) under a proteuon ("the first"). Cherson also retained the right to issue...
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    grinding, gnashing with the teeth" δαμιοργοί damiorgoi (Attic ἄρχοντες archontes) "high officials". Cf. Attic δημιουργός dēmiourgos "public worker for...
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    community was highly organized, and presided over by heads called άρχοντες (archontes) or γερουσιάρχοι (gerousiarchoi). The Jews maintained in Rome several...
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    Kabasitai had agreed to allow two of John's archontes into Emperor Alexios' tent, and once inside the archontes murdered Alexios around midnight. According...
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  • to Laonikos Chalkokondyles David, with the support of the Kabasitanoi archontes, pushed the young emperor aside and took the throne for himself. With...
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    Hipponax .98) ἄεθλον áethlon (Attic ἆθλον athlon prize) ἀειναῦται aeinaûtai archontes in Miletus and Chalcis (aeí always + naûtai sailors) ἀλγείη algeíē illness...
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    Abax Rimortis Dying Passion S.E.X. Department Anime Torment Tristana Archontes Bad Face Chaos in Head Checkpoint Reverends Absolut Deafers Hentai Corporation...
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