Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The authority or office of the commander of a trierarch.
- noun The ancient Athenian system whereby individual citizens furnished and maintained triremes as a part of their public duty.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or duty of a trierarch.
- noun The trierarchs collectively.
- noun The system in ancient Athens of forming a national fleet by compelling certain wealthy persons to fit out and maintain vessels at their own expense.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office duty of a trierarch.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A system in Ancient Greece whereby
triremes were commanded and maintained by citizens known astrierarchs . - noun The collective noun for trierarchs.
- noun A period of time during which one was a trierarch.
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Examples
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Of the extraordinary liturgies, the trierarchy was the most important.
Athens: Its Rise and Fall, Complete Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton 1838
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For that of the trierarchy, see Jebb, op.cit. xxv. 9; xxix.
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He said he had, and going to his house we found that Diogeiton had given over to him (Alexis) twenty-four minae for the trierarchy.
The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias
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It would be too much, gentlemen of the jury, to go through the accounts point by point; but when with some difficulty I got the accounts from him, in the presence of witnesses I asked Aristodicus, the brother of Alexis, for he had died, if he had any record of the trierarchy.
The Orations of Lysias 440? BC-380 BC Lysias
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The leaders of the Taxation Boards referred to in § 103 are probably not (as generally supposed) the richest men in the _Naval_ Boards [Footnote: They may indeed have been so, but it was in virtue of their function as leading members of the Hundred Boards (for collecting the war tax) that they were grouped together as the Three Hundred.] (responsible for trierarchy), but those in the Hundred Boards responsible for the war tax.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912
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The undertaking of the trierarchy conferred exemption from other burdens for the year, and (conversely) no one responsible for another public burden need be trierarch.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912
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This, in the case of the trierarchy, would be the aggregate amount of the valuations of the 1,200 wealthiest men, viz. 6,000 talents.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912
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Partners were probably exempted, when none of them possessed so large a share in the common property as would render him liable for trierarchy.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912
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These would be incapable of discharging the duties of the trierarchy, though their estates were liable for the war-tax.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912
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I transferred the duties of the trierarchy from the poor to the rich; and therefore every duty was properly fulfilled.
The Public Orations of Demosthenes, volume 2 384 BC-322 BC Demosthenes 1912
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