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Definition of Eupatrids
1. eupatrid [n] - See also: eupatrid
Lexicographical Neighbors of Eupatrids
Literary usage of Eupatrids
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ancient World from the Earliest Times to 800 A.D. by Willis Mason West (1904)
"Most of the land had come to belong to the eupatrids. They tilled it mainly by
tenants, who paid five sixths of the produce for rent. ..."
2. Ancient History to the Death of Charlemagne by Willis Mason West (1902)
"Apparently the eupatrids were the chiefs, or clan elders, of the numerous clans
in Attica. Their council was called the Areopagus, from the hill where it ..."
3. The Constitutional Antiquities of Sparta and Athens by Gustav Gilbert (1895)
"... was afterwards thrown open to all eupatrids, as was the office of af>x<i)v
from its very first institution.3 The power of the 1 Arist. ..."
4. The Life and Travels of Herodotus in the Fifth Century: Before Christ: an by James Talboys Wheeler (1856)
"OLIGARCHY OF THE NOBLES OR eupatrids.—SEVERE LEGISLATION OP DRACO, BC 624.—UNSUCCESSFUL
ATTEMPT OF CYLON TO SEIZE THE SUPREME POWER. ..."
5. Lives of Greek Statesmen, Solon by George William Cox (1885)
"From their own point of view these poorer eupatrids, or tribesmen, were now
excluded from offices and honours which they regarded as their rightful and ..."
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