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Prytanes
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Prytanes

The Prytaneis (πρυτάνεις; sing.: πρύτανις prytanis) were the executives of the boule of ancient Athens. The term (like basileus or tyrannos) is probably of Pre-Greek origin (possibly cognate to Etruscan (e)pruni).

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11 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Prytanes confusus

speciesPrytanes confusus

Prytanes oblongus

speciesPrytanes oblongus

Prytanes fuscicornis

speciesPrytanes fuscicornis

Prytanes intercisus

speciesPrytanes intercisus

Prytanes foedus

speciesPrytanes foedus

Prytanes dissimilis

speciesPrytanes dissimilis

Prytanes albomaculatus

speciesPrytanes albomaculatus

Prytanes formosus

speciesPrytanes formosus

Prytanes plebeius

speciesPrytanes plebeius

Prytanes ater

speciesPrytanes ater

Prytanes globosus

speciesPrytanes globosus

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 249029.