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Prytane means The priest or chief magistrate who presided over a prytaneum..
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/pɹaɪˈteɪn/ · noun
The priest or chief magistrate who presided over a prytaneum..
This priest of the public hearth bore the name of king. Sometimes they gave him other titles. As he was especially the priest of the prytaneum, the Greeks preferred to call him the prytane; sometimes they also called him the archon.
The priest of the city hearth was called "king", "prytane", or "archon". The term "prytane" was derived from the fact that he was the priest of the prytaneum, or local hearth.
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Prytane means The priest or chief magistrate who presided over a prytaneum..
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This priest of the public hearth bore the name of king. Sometimes they gave him other titles. As he was especially the priest of the prytaneum, the Greeks preferred to call him the prytane; sometimes they also called him the archon.
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