Prytany

Definition

One of the ten administrative divisions of the Athenian year, during which one tribe’s fifty councillors served as the council’s executive group.

Used by OCR

Paper 1

Meetings were organised within the ten administrative divisions of the year, called prytanies, with four assembly meetings in each prytany.
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GCSE History · key term

One of the ten administrative divisions of the Athenian year, during which one tribe’s fifty councillors served as the council’s executive group.

Used by OCR

Paper 1

Meetings were organised within the ten administrative divisions of the year, called prytanies, with four assembly meetings in each prytany.
Revise: The Institutions and Procedures of Athenian Democracy

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