hipparch

/ ˈhɪpɑːk /

noun

1. (in ancient Greece) a cavalry commander

Word History and Origins

Origin of hipparch¹

C17: from Greek hippos horse + -arch

Example Sentences

With the satraps Arsites and Spithridates were many of the great nobles of the realm, among them Atizyes, satrap of Greater Phrygia, Mithrobarzanes, hipparch of Cappadocia, Omares, and others who were renowned for their bravery and high standing with the Great King.

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And he, being an hipparch at the Panathenæa, erected a seat close to the statues of Mercury for Aristagora, higher than the Mercuries themselves.

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There is also a Hipparch for Lemnos, elected by open vote, who has charge of the cavalry in Lemnos.

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Elections to the offices of General and Hipparch and all other military commands are held in the Assembly, in such manner as the people decide; they are held after the sixth prytany by the first board of Prytanes in whose term of office the omens are favourable.

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The Five thousand was also to elect a single Hipparch and ten Phylarchs; but for the future the Council was to elect these officers according to the regulations above laid down.

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