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*)/eforoi
Adler number: epsilon,3956
Translated headword: ephors
Vetting Status: high
Translation: Among Lacedaemonians they numbered 5. They were called 'ephors' because they watched over the affairs of the city.[1] They were [in office] in succession.[2]
Greek Original:*)/eforoi: para\ *lakedaimoni/ois to\n a)riqmo\n e#, ou(\s e)fo/rous e)ka/loun dia\ to\ e)fora=n ta\ th=s po/lews pra/gmata. e)n diadoxh=| de\ h)=san.
Notes:
For
Sparta's ephors see already
epsilon 3955, and generally P.A. Cartledge in OCD(4) s.v.
The present material on them, as C. Theodoridis points out in his
Photius edition (vol.II p.CI), is drawn from the
scholia to
Thucydides 1.85.3, where the ephor Sthenelaidas is introduced.
[1] The verb
e)fora/w means 'to oversee'.
[2] The ephors were elected annually by the Spartan Assembly.
Translated by: Tony Natoli on 8 January 2003@01:28:20.
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