Anax
thumb|Archaic inscription (, "to the king") on ceramic fragment, here shown upside down; a warrior bearing a spear and mounted on a horse is also depicted. ' (Greek: ; from earlier , ) is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord (military) leader". It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus, and is inherited from Mycenaean Greece. It is notably used in Homeric Greek, e.g. for Agamemnon. The feminine form is anassa''', "queen" (, from wánassa, itself from *wánakt-ja'').
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13 sectionsContents
- Homeric ''anax''
- Etymology
- References
- Mycenaean ''wánax''
- Roles
- Administrative participation
- Warfare
- Ahhiyawa texts
- Economic participation
- Religious participation
- See also
- References
- Further reading
thumb|Archaic inscription (, "to the king") on ceramic fragment, here shown upside down; a warrior bearing a spear and mounted on a horse is also depicted. ' (Greek: ; from earlier , ) is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord (military) leader". It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus, and is inherited from Mycenaean Greece. It is notably used in Homeric Greek, e.g. for Agamemnon. The feminine form is anassa''', "queen" (, from wánassa, itself from *wánakt-ja).
== Homeric anax ==