toxarchn.
/ˈtɒksɑːk/ Ancient Greek History.
The title of the captain of the city-guard of mercenaries at Athens.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > officer of other specific ranks > specifically in foreign armies
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1828 G. C. Lewis tr. A. Böckh Public Econ. Athens I. 278 The public slaves who composed the city-guard..are generally called bow-men (τοξόται), or, from the native country of the majority, Scythians... Their officers had the name of Toxarchs (τόξαρχοι).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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