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*ephori
Noun
( en-noun)
(historical) One of the five annually-elected senior magistrates in various Dorian states, especially in ancient Sparta, where they oversaw the actions of Spartan kings.
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*:Agesilaus was fined by the Ephories , because he had drawne the hearts and good wills of al his fellow-citizens unto himselfe alone.
*1982 , N. G. L. Hammond, 42: The Peloponnese'', John Boardman, N. G. L. Hammond (editors), ''The Cambridge Ancient History , p.330 ,
*:Originally associated with the social system, the agoge'' (see ''CAH'' III.I2, 742), the ephors''' rose to some constitutional importance when the senior '''ephor''' became the eponymous official of the year in 754, perhaps in connexion with the oaths made at the beginning of the year and renewed each month between the kings and the ' ephors :.
*2009 , Stephanie Lynn Budin, The Ancient Greeks: An Introduction , p.197 ,
*:For basic duties, the ephors' convened both the Spartan boulê of kings and elders and the assemblies. In times of war, the ' ephors were responsible for mustering troops, determining what age groups of soldiers would be sent out to battle, and determining how many would be sent.
*2011 , Alfred S. Bradford, Leonidas and the Kings of Sparta , p.199 ,
*:Moreover, as he[Cleomenes] was laying his plans, he was given a sign that he had divine sanction—an ephor' told him that he had had a dream in which the ' ephors ’ chairs had been removed and a divine voice told him that this was best for Sparta.
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