Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ancient Greece, a presidency or direction; the office or dignity of a prytanis; especially, in ancient Athens, the period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of one section.
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- noun (Gr. Antiq.) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.
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- noun historical, Ancient Greece The period during which the
presidency of thesenate belonged to theprytanes of thesection .
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Examples
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"prytany" of fifty members of each of the ten tribes in rotation holding office for a month in turn.
Hellenica 431 BC-350? BC Xenophon 1874
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It sat daily, a “prytany” of fifty members of each of the ten tribes in rotation holding office for a month in turn.
Hellenica 2007
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The tribe of Acamantis had the prytany, Phoenippus was secretary, Niciades chairman.
The History of the Peloponnesian War Thucydides 2005
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One question that recurred during the fifth century at a regular interval, namely, during the sixth prytany of the year, was whether or not to hold an ostracism.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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The assembly met regularly four times during each prytany, usually on a hillside called the Pnyx a little west of the agora.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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I.e., four times every five weeks or so, or at least forty times per year given one prytany per year for each of ten tribes.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Every day a different member of the prytany was chosen by lot to serve as its chairman epistates.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Although the assembly was scheduled to meet at least four times a prytany, it could meet as often as was deemed necessary.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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• 11 The tribe of Acamantis had the prytany, Phoenippus was secretary, Niciades chairman.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
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Each prytany was responsible for the sacred treasuries and kept watch twenty-four hours a day in the Tholos, a round building on the west side of the agora just south of the council chamber the Bouleuterion where the council conducted its meetings.
THE LANDMARK THUCYDIDES Robert B. Strassler 2003
fbharjo commented on the word prytany
How does one pry one's way into this group?
October 20, 2010