PREFERRED TERM
1715Prytanis (city-state period)
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
SCOPE NOTE
- An office that first appears in ancient Athens during the times of Athenian politician Cleisthenes. The office of prytanis was assumed by members of the Council of Five Hundred who constituted a prytany. Their main tasks were to determine the matters on which the Council was to decide and to draw up the agenda for meetings of the Assembly.
SOURCE
- Osborne & Rhodes 2017
- Rhodes 1972
- Ραμού-Χαψιάδη 2007
CONTRIBUTOR
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
CREATOR
- Chrysovitsanos Gerasimos (AA)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Πρύτανις (περίοδος πόλης-κράτους)
Greek
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/1715
