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Any law, which, after it had passed the Athenian senate, was fixed on a tablet for public inspection previously to its being proposed to the general assembly of the people.
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An Athenian military officer commanding a certain division of an army.
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The style and idiom of the Greek language, used by the Athenians; a concise and elegant expression.
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One who is supposed to rise or spring from the ground or the soil he inhabits; one of the original inhabitants or aborigines; a native; -- commonly in the plural. This title was assumed by the ancient Greeks, particularly the Athenians.
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To use the Attic idiom or style; to conform to the customs or modes of thought of the Athenians.
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The public legislative assembly of the Athenians.
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To side with the Athenians.
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A favoring of, or attachment to, the Athenians.
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A native or citizen of Athens.
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Of or pertaining to Calippus, an Athenian astronomer.
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A member of one of the ten sections into which the Athenian senate of five hundred was divided, and to each of which belonged the presidency of the senate for about one tenth of the year.
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Relating to Draco, the Athenian lawgiver; or to the constellation Draco; or to dragon's blood.
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A proposition adopted by a majority of votes; especially, one adopted by vote of the Athenian people; a statute.
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Of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined.
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Pertaining to, or discovered by, Meton, the Athenian.
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Of or pertaining to Athens, the metropolis of Greece.
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An Athenian officer who superintended the gymnasia, and provided the oil and other necessaries at his own expense.
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An Athenian; an Athenian author.
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A celebrated Athenian lawmaker, born about 638 b. c.; hence, a legislator; a publicist; -- often used ironically.
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A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.
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