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  • Laws is conveyed, assume a metrical form: oukh os anthropous all os eroas tous Lakedaimonion basileis protetimekasin.

    The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2007

  • The wanax could muster an army and navy out of his own men, but for a really big campaign he would need the support of the basileis.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • In short, the wanax was only as strong as his ability to dominate the basileis, be it by persuasion or force.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • The wanax could muster an army and navy out of his own men, but for a really big campaign he would need the support of the basileis.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • The rest of the territory was run by local big men or basileis, each no doubt with his own armed followers.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • The rest of the territory was run by local big men or basileis, each no doubt with his own armed followers.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • In short, the wanax was only as strong as his ability to dominate the basileis, be it by persuasion or force.

    The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006

  • The Septuagint render these words, basileis ethnon, "the kings of the nations."

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • * Hoi basileis tes ges met 'autes eporneusan: [5433] 1

    The Sermons of John Owen 1616-1683 1968

  • Cardinal Bessarion, and served as the pretext for the tsars to declare themselves heirs of the Byzantine basileis, to take as their arms the two-headed eagle, and to assume the rôle of defenders and champions of the Orthodox Church.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

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