ephor

Examples

• All

• For no Spartan king has gone to war without the ephors' blessing.

  300 (2007)

• Tradition even Leonidas cannot defy... ...for he must respect the word of the ephors.

  300 (2007)

• The ephors, priests to the old gods.

  300 (2007)

• The ephors choose only the most beautiful Spartan girls... ...to live among them as oracles.

  300 (2007)

• The ephors have spoken.

  300 (2007)

• Each ephor was responsible for overseeing the education of Spartan boys.

• The council of ephors met regularly to discuss matters of state and governance.

Synonyms

A

archon

vsephor

• Literature

2 9.9

A leading city official in ancient Greece

is one of a small council that supervises government and limits kings

E

eparch

vsephor

1 9.9

A person who governs a province in ancient Greece or the Byzantine Empire

is a member of a central five-person council that oversees and checks kings

P

polemarch

vsephor

• Archaic

1 9.9

An elected city official who looks after legal matters and public ceremonies in ancient Greece

focuses on supervising government and limiting kings rather than routine civic duties

Surface Forms

Etymology