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ὀλιγαρχία

ὀλιγαρχία, an oligarchy, government in the hands of a few families

ὀλῐγαρχ-ία, Ion. -ιη IG 12(8).262.3 (Thasos, v B. C.), etc.: ἡ:—
  • oligarchy, government in the hands of a few families or persons, Hdt. 3.82, 5.92.βʹ, etc.; of the time of the Four Hundred, Th. 8.72; or of the Thirty, And. 1.99, Pl. Ap. 32c; ἄκρατος ὀ. Arist. Pol. 1273b37, al., cf. Pl. R. 550c sq., Plt. 291e.
      • 2 Ὀλιγαρχία, personified in a statue, Sch. Aeschin. 1.39.

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