harmostn.
/ˈhɑːmɒst/ One of the governors sent out by the Lacedæmonians during their supremacy (after the Peloponnesian war) to control the subject cities and islands.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Spartan
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1775 in J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang.
1797 T. Holcroft tr. F. L. Stolberg Trav. (ed. 2) IV. xci. 65 After the battle of Leuctra..the Spartans sent no more Harmostes.
1852 G. Grote Hist. Greece IX. 261 The few details which we possess respecting these harmosts..are all for the most part discreditable.
1873 J. A. Symonds Stud. Greek Poets i. 26 Her generals and harmosts made use of their authority for the indulgence of their private vices.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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