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The ephors were a board of five magistrates in ancient Sparta. They had an extensive range of judicial, religious, legislative, and military powers, and could shape Sparta's home and foreign affairs. They had an extensive range of judicial, religious, legislative, and military powers, and could shape Sparta's home and foreign affairs.
Ephors themselves had more power than anyone in Sparta, although the fact that they only stayed in power for a single year reduced their ability to conflict with already established powers in the state. Since reelection was not possible, an ephor who abused his power, or confronted an established power center, would have to suffer retaliation.
In Greece, ephor (Greek: έφορος, romanized: ephoros, lit. 'overseer') is a title given to the head of an archaeological ephorate (Greek: εφορεία, romanized: ephoria), or archaeological unit. Ephors are responsible to the Ministry of Culture and Sports. Most ephorates are responsible for a particular region of Greece.
Sparta [1] was a prominent city-state in Laconia in ancient Greece. ... He was supplanted by the ephors also in the control of foreign policy. Over time, the kings ...
Sthenelaidas is the first known Spartan outside the royal families to play a decisive role in shaping Sparta's foreign policy since Hetoimaridas, geronte in 475, and Chilon, ephor c. 556 BC. [13] He was the father of the Spartan general Alcamenes, who probably inherited his hawkish stance against Athens. [14]
According to Herodotus, Leonidas' mother was not only his father's wife, but also his father's niece and had been barren for so long that the ephors, the five annually elected administrators of the Spartan constitution, tried to prevail upon King Anaxandridas II to set her aside and take another wife.
Pausanias went to Kolonai in the Troad before returning to Sparta. Upon his arrival in Sparta, the ephors imprisoned Pausanias, but he was later released due to lack of sufficient evidence to convict Pausanias of disloyalty, even though some helots reported that Pausanias offered freedom if the helots joined in revolt. Later, one of the ...
It elected elders, ephors and other magistrates, emancipated helots and perhaps voted on legal proposals. [7] There is a single reference to a "small assembly" (ἡ μικρὰ καλουμένη ἐκκλησία) at Sparta, but nothing is known as to its nature or competence. [12] The ekklesia was responsible for electing men to the gerousia ...