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polemarch

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polemarch [ˈpɒlɪˌmɑːk]
n
(Historical Terms) (in ancient Greece) a civilian official, originally a supreme general
[from Greek polemarchos, from polemos war + archos ruler]


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Callimachus, the Athenian polemarch or commander-in-chief, agreed and preparations were made to resist the mighty Persian invaders with every available resource.
One unusual legacy of the dynasty survives in nearby Dawdon and Dalton le Dale, where streets are named Benevente, Corcyra and Polemarch after Vane-Tempest racehorses.
 
 
 
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