PREFERRED TERM
1955Archon basileus (city-state period)
BROADER CONCEPT
RELATED CONCEPTS
SCOPE NOTE
- An office that first appears in ancient Athens. One of the nine archons, he presided over the Areopagus and he was the supervisor of religious festivals like the Lenaea and the Mysteries. His jurisdiction included cases of claimants for priesthood, of impiety and of homicide.
SOURCE
- Aristotelis 1920
- Gomme 1970d
CONTRIBUTOR
- Katsiadakis Helen (AA)
CREATOR
- Chrysovitsanos Gerasimos (AA)
IN OTHER LANGUAGES
Άρχων βασιλεύς (περίοδος πόλης-κράτους)
Greek
URI
https://humanitiesthesaurus.academyofathens.gr/dyas-resource/Concept/1955
