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Prytaneis
thumb|Site plan of the Ancient Agora of Athens where the prytaneis would preside over meetings (ca. 300 BC). The prytaneis (πρυτάνεις; sing.: πρύτανις prytanis) were the executives of the boule of Ancient Athens. They served in a prytaneion.
eponymous archon
chief magistrate of an ancient Greek city-state
Phylarch
A phylarch (, ) is a Greek title meaning "ruler of a tribe", from phyle, "tribe" + archein "to rule".
archon basileus
ancient Athenian magistrate, one of nine archons
choregos
thumb|Relief of seated [[Dionysus and satyr; inscription beneath is a decree by the deme Aixone honoring the choregoi Auteas and Philoxenides (313–312 BC)]] In the theatre of ancient Greece, the choregos (pl. choregoi; , Greek etymology: χορός "chorus" + ἡγεῖσθαι "to lead") was a wealthy Athenian citizen who assumed the public duty, or choregiai, of financing the preparation for the chorus and other aspects of dramatic production that were not paid for by the government of the polis or city-state. Modern Anglicized forms of the word include choragus and choregus, with the accepted plurals bein
Hellenotamias
Hellenotamiai (Attic Greek: ) was an ancient Greek term indicating a group of public treasurers. The Hellenotamiae were ten magistrates appointed by the Athenians (one from each tribe, possibly by election) to receive the contributions of the allied states, and were the chief financial officers of the Delian League.
Kolakretai
The kolakretai or kolagretai () were very ancient magistrates at Athens, who had the management of all financial matters in the time of the kings, at least as early as the 7th century BC.
apodektai
The apodektai (, "receivers") were public officers at Athens, who were introduced by Cleisthenes in the place of the ancient kolakretai (). They were ten in number, one for each Athenian tribe (phyle), and their duty was to receive all the ordinary taxes and distribute them to the separate branches of the administration, which were entitled to them. They accordingly kept lists of persons indebted to the state, made entries of all monies that were paid in, and erased the names of the debtors from the lists. They had the power to decide causes connected with the subjects under their management;
Demarchos
The dēmarchos (; plural δήμαρχοι, dēmarchoi), anglicized as Demarch, is a title historically given to officials related to civic administration. In ancient Athens the title was given to the elected chief magistrate of each of the demes of Attica. In later literature, the term was used as a translation of the Roman office of . In the Byzantine Empire the dēmarchos was the leader of one of the racing factions (then known as "demes") of the Hippodrome of Constantinople. Largely concerned with ceremonial in the early centuries, from the 11th century the title was applied to various administrative
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