archon
noun
a higher magistrate in ancient Athens.
archonship
-
a word derived from
archon.
Example Sentences
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For it was in his archonship that Eupolis exhibited the comedy Autolycus, in which, in the character of Demostratus, he ridicules the victory of Autolycus.
From The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?us by Athen?us
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 Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
After the Persian war, in the archonship of Phaedo, the Athenians were told by the Delphian Oracle to take home the bones of Theseus and keep them with the greatest care and honour.
From Plutarch's Lives, Volume I by Aubrey Stewart
This took place in the archonship of Hegesias, five years after the first establishment of his rule.
From The Athenian Constitution by Sir Frederic G. (Frederic George) Kenyon
They were not, however, peculiar to the period immediately preceding the archonship of Solon.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 by John Rudd
