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But some say, that in the ephori is absolute power, and that it is their common meal and daily course of life, in which the democratical form is represented.

From Politics: A Treatise on Government by Ellis, William

For the new creation of the ephori, though thought to be in favor of the people, was so far from diminishing, that it very much heightened, the aristocratical character of the government.

From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh

For this purpose, the ephori, we are told, were established at Sparta, the council of a hundred at Carthage, and the tribunes at Rome.

From An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition by Ferguson, Adam

But it may be said the ephori seem to have a check upon all the magistrates.

From Politics: A Treatise on Government by Ellis, William

Moreover, with respect to two magistracies of the highest rank, one they have a right to elect to, the other to fill; namely, the senate and the ephori.

From Politics: A Treatise on Government by Ellis, William