Prytanis Definition

Prytanis Sentence Examples

• The building in which this fire was kept was the Prytaneum, and the chieftain (the king or prytanis)probably made it his residence.

• Prytanis was also the name of a legendary king of Sparta of the Eurypontid or Proclid line.

• The government subsequently passed into the hands of a small corporation of nobles descended from a former king Bacchis, and known as the Bacchidae, who nominated annually a Prytanis (president) from among their number.