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  • But in the fifteenth year, when Chrysis the high-priestess of Argos was in the forty-eighth year of her priesthood, Aenesias being Ephor at

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Alexippidas was Ephor at Lacedaemon, a treaty was made in the plain of the Maeander between the Lacedaemonians and their allies on the one hand, and Tissaphernes, Hieramenes, and the sons of Pharnaces on the other, touching the interests of the King, and of the

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • When Sthenelaidas had thus spoken he, being Ephor, himself put the question to the Lacedaemonian assembly.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • The Lacedaemonians refused to give up their Boeotian alliance, Xenares the Ephor, with his friends and partisans, carrying this point.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Here Diphridas, the Ephor, met him, and delivered his message from Sparta, which ordered him immediately to make an inroad into

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • All antiquities found are the property of the Government and are controlled by an Archaeological Commission, consisting of the Ephor

    How to Observe in Archaeology Various

  • Then, in his capacity as Ephor, Sthenelaidas, without staying for further argument, forthwith put the question to the Spartan assembly.

    Stories from Thucydides

  • Fixed antiquities must be reported by the discoverer to the Ephor General or one of the ephors of antiquities or other official.

    How to Observe in Archaeology Various

  • Antiquities imported into the country must be declared in the Customs House and reported to the Ephor General of Antiquities, a descriptive catalogue in duplicate being sent, and cannot be re - exported without permission, which is obtained by producing the articles with the original catalogue to the Ephor General; if not reported they are regarded as having been found in the country.

    How to Observe in Archaeology Various

  • So great was the discouragement of the Lacedaemonians at the loss of their fleet that the Ephor Endius proceeded to Athens to treat for peace on the basis of both parties standing just as they were.

    A Smaller history of Greece From the earliest times to the Roman conquest William Smith 1853

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