archonship
- a word derived from archon.
Example Sentences
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A final reconciliation was made with the secessionists at Eleusis two years after the secession, in the archonship of Xenaenetus.
From The Athenian Constitution by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
The next year, in the archonship of Alexias, they suffered the disaster of Aegospotami, the consequence of which was that Lysander became master of the city, and set up the Thirty as its governors.
From The Athenian Constitution by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
Evolution of the Office.—The history of the democratization of the archonship is beset with equal difficulty.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 4 "Aram, Eugene" to "Arcueil" by Various
And when he was eighty-two years old he died in the archonship of Theophilus, who succeeded Callimachus; for he is the eighty-second archon after Apollodorus.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
This took place in the archonship of Harpactides, after they had held the tyranny for about seventeen years since their father's death, or in all, including the period of their father's rule, for nine-and-forty years.
From The Athenian Constitution by Kenyon, Frederic G. (Frederic George), Sir
