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  • 'And you, Prytanis, as you wish to be a good citizen, and believe that the welfare of the state is entrusted to you, put my proposal to the vote, and lay the question once more before the

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Prytanis, and not of Eunomus; but in this opinion he is singular, for all the rest deduce the genealogy of them both as follows: —

    The Lives of the Noble Grecians and Romans Plutarch 2003

  • Prytanis: a member of the council who served in the assembly as its chairman.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • He was normally termed the Epistates, not the Prytanis.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • He was normally termed the Epistates, not the Prytanis.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • And you, Prytanis, if you think it your duty to care for the commonwealth, and if you wish to show yourself a good citizen, put the question to the vote, and take a second time the opinions of the Athenians.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Prytanis: a member of the council who served in the assembly as its chairman.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Charilaos,1331 the son of Eunomos, the son of Polydectes, the son of Prytanis, the son of

    The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

  • And you, Prytanis, if you think it your duty to care for the commonwealth, and if you wish to show yourself a good citizen, put the question to the vote, and take a second time the opinions of the Athenians.

    THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003

  • Tyrannies were more common formerly than now, for this reason also, that great power was placed in the hands of individuals; thus a tyranny arose at Miletus out of the office of the Prytanis, who had supreme authority in many important matters.

    Politics Aristotle 2002

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