στρᾰτηγ-ός

leader or commander of an army, general, Archil. 58.1, A. Th. 816, Arist. Ath. 22.3, etc.; ἀνὴρ σ. A. Ag. 1627, Pl. Ion 540d; opp. ναύαρχος (admiral), S. Aj. 1232 (v. infr. II.1).

generally, commander, governor, πόλει κήρυγμα θεῖναι τὸν σ. Id. Ant. 8, cf. Arist. Mu. 398a29.

c. gen., στρατηγοὶ τοῦ πεζοῦ Hdt. 7.83; τῶν παραθαλασσίων Id. 5.25, etc.; Ἀχαιῶν S. Aj. l.c.; στρατεύματος X. An. 1.7.12.

metaph., παραλαβὼν . . οἶνον σ. Antiph. 18; στρατηγοὶ κυνηγεσίων masters of hounds, Arist. Mu. 398a24; so strategum te facio huic convivio, Plaut. Stich. 702.

at Athens, the title of 10 officers elected by yearly vote to command the army and navy, and conduct the war-department at home, commanders in chief and ministers of war, Hdt. 6.109, Th. 1.61, 4.2, Arist. Ath. 26.1, 44.4, 61.1, D. 4.25; οἱ σ. οἱ εἰς Σικελίαν And. 1.11, cf. IG 1(2).302.46, al.; σ. εἵλοντο δέκα X. HG 1.5.16, cf. Eup. 117.4, Pl.Com. 185, etc.; τῷ σ. τῷ ἐπὶ τὰς συμμορίας ᾑρημένῳ IG 2(2).1629.209; when distd. from ναύαρχος and ἵππαρχος, the στρατηγός is commander of the infantry, Dec

also of chief magistrates of the cities of Asia Minor, Hdt. 5.38; of many other Greek states, IG 5(2) l.c. (Tegea, iv B.C.), 12(9).191 A 44 (Eretria, iv B.C.), OGI 329.42 (Aegina, ii B.C.), Timae. 114, Plb. 2.43.1, etc.

in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt, military and civil governor of a nome, PEnteux. 1.12, al. (iii B.C.), PCair.Zen. 351.4 (iii B.C.), BGU 1730.11 (i B.C.), OGI 184.3 (Philae, i B.C.), Wilcken Chr. 41 ii 6 (iii A.D.), 43.1 (iv A.D.); also in other parts of the Ptolemaic empire, e.g. at Calynda in Caria, PCair.Zen. 341 (a). 20 (iii B.C.); in Cyprus, OGI 84 (iii B.C.); ὁ σ. τῆς Ἰνδικῆς καὶ Ἐρυθρᾶς θαλάσσης ib. 186 (Philae, i B.C.); in the Attalid empire, ib. 267.13 (Pergam., iii B.C.), al.; σ. τῆς πόλεω

σ. ὕπατος consul, IG 5(1).1165 (Gythium, ii B.C.), 9(2).338 (Cyretiae, ii B.C.), 42(1).306 D (Epid., ii B.C.), Plb. 1.52.5; also σ. alone, Id. 1.7.12, al., SIG 685.20 (Crete, ii B.C.), and ὕπατος alone, v. ὕπατος; σ. ἀνθύπατος proconsul, ib. 826 I 1 (Delph., ii B.C.), 745.2 (Rhodes, i B.C.); ἑξαπέλεκυς σ. praetor, Plb. 3.106.6; used of the praetor urbanus, Id. 33.1.5; called σ. κατὰ πόλιν IG 14.951 (i B.C.), etc.; σ. alone, = praetor, D.H. 2.6, Arr. Epict. 2.1.26: also of the duumviri or chief m

an officer who had the custody of the Temple at Jerusalem, ὁ σ. τοῦ ἱεροῦ Ev.Luc. 22.52, Act.Ap. 4.1, J. BJ 6.5.3.

νυκτερινὸς σ. superintendent of police at Alexandria, Str. 17.1.12.

= φαλαγγάρχης (q.v.), Arr. Tact. 10.7, Ael. Tact. 9.8.