In this particular their governments are also alike: the ephori have the same power with those of Crete, who are called kosmoi; with this difference only, that the number of the one is five, of the other ten.
But some say, that in the ephori is absolute power, and that it is their common meal and daily course of life, in which the democratical form is represented.
But it may be said the ephori seem to have a check upon all the magistrates.
It was guided by your own noble son and expressly sent by the Ephori in your honor--to bring the father of two Olympic victors back to his native land.
In later days the nobles made use of the Ephori as a power, which, springing immediately from their own body, they could oppose to the kingly authority.
The five Ephori of Sparta were appointed to represent the absent kings during the Messenian war.
Institution, according to some authorities, of the college of Ephori as vicegerents of the kings in their absence, and arbitrators in the quarrels which might arise between the kings and the senate.
The quarrels between the ephori and king Lycurgus and his successor Machanidas, placed Sparta in a state of anarchy, which ended, 207, in the usurpation of the sovereign power by one Nabis, who destroyed the ancient form of government.
Amphares, the chief of these, and the contriver of the plot, was one of the new ephoricreated after the deposition of Agesilaus.
He timed his march so well that he entered Sparta whilst the ephori were at supper, and despatched Euryclidas before with three or four of his most trusty friends and a few soldiers to perform the execution.
Cleomenes now more than ever intent upon bringing his great project to bear, bribed the ephori with large sums to intrust him with the management of the war.
Next morning as soon as it was light, Cleomenes proscribed and banished fourscore of the most dangerous citizens, and removed all the chairs of the ephori out of the forum, except one which he reserved for his own seat of judicature.
From these remarks of the judicious Aristotle, it is evident that the ephorihad totally destroyed the balance of power established by Lycurgus.
I look therefore on the creation of the ephori as a breach in the Spartan constitution, which proved the first inlet to faction and corruption.
Stung with this answer, the ephori condemned him to die by their own authority, and ordered the officers to carry him to the place in the prison where the malefactors were strangled.
Whilst Euryclidas therefore amused the ephori with a pretended message from Cleomenes, the rest fell upon them sword in hand, and killed four upon the spot, with above ten persons more who came to their assistance.
The ephori (a Greek word signifying inspectors or overseers) were five in number, and elected annually by the people out of their own body.
Upon this the Ephori sent Cleomenes to surprise the Athenæum, dedicated to Minerva, near Belbina, which is a pass of Laconia, and was then under the jurisdiction of the Megalopolitans.
With the mercenaries he marched to Sparta; and by the way communicated his design to those, whom he thought fittest for his purpose, and marched slowly, that he might catch the Ephori at supper.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ephori" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
