Ephoros
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
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- 1 Alternative form of ephor. alt-of, alternative
"Although, Lycurgus had, in this manner, used all the qualifications possible in the constitution of his commonwealth, yet those who succeeded him found the oligarchical element still so strong and dominant, and, to check its high temper and its violence, put, as Plato says, a bit in its mouth, which was the power of the ephoroi, established hundred and thirty years after the death of Lycurgus."
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More examples"Although, Lycurgus had, in this manner, used all the qualifications possible in the constitution of his commonwealth, yet those who succeeded him found the oligarchical element still so strong and dominant, and, to check its high temper and its violence, put, as Plato says, a bit in its mouth, which was the power of the ephoroi, established hundred and thirty years after the death of Lycurgus."
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