Polemarch

Next they began to elect the generals by tribes, one from each tribe, while the Polemarch was the commander of the whole army.

The Athenian Constitution 2002

Next they began to elect the generals by tribes, one from each tribe, while the Polemarch was the commander of the whole army.

The Athenian Constitution 2002

Next they began to elect the generals by tribes, one from each tribe, while the Polemarch was the commander of the whole army.

THE ATHENIAN CONSTITUTION 1961

Next they began to elect the generals by tribes, one from each tribe, while the Polemarch was the commander of the whole army.

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To this was added, secondly, the office of Polemarch, on account of some of the kings proving feeble in war; for it was on this account that

The Athenian Constitution 2002

Polemarch, had rebuilt it and fitted it up, it was called the

The Athenian Constitution 2002

Whichever way it may be, the difference in date is small; but that it was the last of these magistracies to be created is shown by the fact that the Archon has no part in the ancestral sacrifices, as the King and the Polemarch have, but exclusively in those of later origin.

The Athenian Constitution 2002

The Polemarch performs the sacrifices to Artemis the huntress and to Enyalius, and arranges the contest at the funeral of those who have fallen in war, and makes offerings to the memory of

The Athenian Constitution 2002

At the present day six Thesmothetae are elected by lot, together with their clerk, and in addition to these an Archon, a King, and a Polemarch.

The Athenian Constitution 2002

The Polemarch, however, brings up in person cases in which an alien is charged with deserting his patron or neglecting to provide himself with one, and also of inheritances and wards of state where aliens are concerned; and in fact, generally, whatever the Archon does for citizens, the Polemarch does for aliens.

The Athenian Constitution 2002