Polemarch
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 2 anchored passages
polemarch
in the texts
Against Lacritus
A magistrate mentioned as not the right forum for this case.
Or will the Polemarch bring us into court?
Against Stephanus II
The magistrate with jurisdiction over claims involving resident-alien heiresses.
Well then, if he had wished to proceed regularly, he ought to have entered his claim for the heiress, whether the claim was based upon a gift or upon nearness of kin, before the archon, if he claimed her as a citizen, and before the polemarch, if as an alien;
Now in addition to this read the law which appoints that there shall be an adjudication of all heiresses, whether alien or citizen, and that in the case of those who are citizens the archon shall have jurisdiction and shall take charge of the matter, and in the case of those who are resident aliens, the polemarch;