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  • Arrived there, he knocked on the door, and sent in word that he had a message from the polemarchs.

    Hellenica 2007

  • Archias, that is, to the polemarchs. 466 Beyond his official duties, he had rendered his chief other services, and all apparently in an exemplary fashion.

    Hellenica 2007

  • And round about the place of sacrifice are present the polemarchs and captains, the lieutenants and sub-lieutenants, with the commandants of the baggage train, and any general of the states238 who may care to assist.

    The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2007

  • The two polemarchs in office, Ismenias and Leontiades, were diametrically opposed,439 being the respective heads of antagonistic political clubs.

    Hellenica 2007

  • The polemarchs, on their side (and the character of the men is sufficiently marked), were looking forward to the pleasures of the night with joyful anticipation.

    Hellenica 2007

  • To begin with, so long as he is on active service, the state maintains the king and those with him. 232 The polemarchs mess with him and share his quarters, so that by dint of constant intercourse they may be all the better able to consult in common in case of need.

    The Polity of the Athenians and the Lacedaemonians 2007

  • At Athens the senate and the home magistrates shall swear, and the prytanes shall administer the oath; at Argos the senate and the council of eighty and the artynae shall swear, and the eighty shall administer the oath; at Mantinea the demiurgi and the senate and the other magistrates shall swear, and the theori and the polemarchs shall administer the oath.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Hipponoidas and Aristocles, two of the polemarchs, to bring up their two divisions from the right wing, thinking that he would still have more troops than he wanted there, and that he would thus strengthen that part of his line which was opposed to the

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • For when the king is in the field nothing is done without him; he in person gives general orders to the polemarchs, which they convey to the commanders of divisions; these again to the commanders of fifties, the commanders of fifties to the commanders of enomoties, and these to the enomoty.

    The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2007

  • Amongst other things, the secretary was to take this opportunity of fulfilling an old undertaking, which was the introduction of certain women to the polemarchs.

    Hellenica 2007

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