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Definition of Ephors
1. ephor [n] - See also: ephor
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ephors
Literary usage of Ephors
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Thucydides Translated Into English by Benjamin Jowett, Thucydides (1881)
"He showed the letter to the ephors, who were now 133- takes sane- something from
... In the inner part of the hut he placed the ephors. some of the ephors, ..."
2. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"They were responsible to the ephors, and could by them be suspended from their
office, ... Account given before the ephors, Arist., Pol., 2, 9=p. 48, 29. ..."
3. The History of Greece by Connop Thirlwall (1855)
"Here we may observe, that Aristotle speaks of the mode in which the ephors were
elected, as no less puerile than that adopted in the case of the senate * ..."
4. The History and Antiquities of the Doric Race by Karl Otfried Müller, George Cornewall Lewis, Henry Tufnell (1830)
"But the ephors were not compelled to wait for the natural expiration of an office,
they could interrupt or put an end to the administration of it by their ..."
5. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1888)
"But the most prominent are the ephors of Sparta, who, whatever may have been
their origin, appear during the times for which we have historical knowledge аз ..."
6. Notes on Herodotus: Original and Selected from the Best Commentators by Dawson William Turner (1857)
"But the ephors were pot compelled to Wait for the natural expiration of an office ;
they could interrupt or put an end to the administration of it by their ..."
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