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epistatēs

ancient Greek public official
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epistatēs, public official in ancient Greece, Ptolemaic Egypt, and the Hellenistic world. The 5th-century-bce Athenian epistatēs acted as chairman of the prytaneis, the executive committee of the Boule (council), and, for the 24-hour period of this office, functioned as the head of the government, keeping the seal of the state and the key to the treasury. In various periods he may have had administrative, political, fiscal, judicial, or military responsibilities. In the Hellenistic kingdoms and Egypt, the epistatēs became the district official of a nomós (province) or a subject city.

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