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These are lists of political office-holders in Greece. Mythology. Kings of Thebes; Antiquity. Kings of Athens; Archons of Athens; Kings of Commagene;
Ancient Greek critics of Athenian democracy include Thucydides the general and historian, Aristophanes the playwright, Plato the pupil of Socrates, Aristotle the pupil of Plato, and a writer known as the Old Oligarch. While modern critics are more likely to find fault with the restrictive qualifications for political involvement, these ancients ...
In ancient Greece the chief magistrate in various Greek city states was called eponymous archon (ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων, epōnymos archōn). "Archon" (ἄρχων, pl. ἄρχοντες, archontes) means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office, [1] while "eponymous" means that he gave his name to the year in which he held office, much like the Roman ...
During the period from the 4th to the early 2nd centuries BC, the political center of gravity in Greece shifted from individual city-states to federal leagues, such as the Aetolian League and the Achaean League. These were confederations that jointly handled the foreign and military affairs for the member cities. Their internal structure was ...
The oikos (household) was the base unit for the organization of social, political, and economic life in the Ancient Greek world. The person in charge of all its affairs was the oikonomos . [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The oikos was composed of a nuclear family as well as extended family members such as grandparents or unmarried female relatives. [ 4 ]
Themistocles (/ θ ə ˈ m ɪ s t ə k l iː z /; Ancient Greek: Θεμιστοκλῆς; c. 524 – c. 459 BC) [1] [2] was an Athenian politician and general. He was one of a new breed of non-aristocratic politicians who rose to prominence in the early years of the Athenian democracy.
Ancient Greek politicians by century (6 C) * Ancient Greek monarchs (10 C, 52 P) E. Ephors (8 P) Eponymous archons (29 P) R. Ancient Greek political refugees (1 C, 12 P)
Ancient Greek governments were typically monarchies in the 10th and 9th centuries BC. [7] In the 7th and 6th centuries, political power began to be wielded by aristocratic families, who had accumulated wealth, land, and religious or political offices as the Greek city-states developed.