The two polemarchs in office, Ismenias and Leontiades, were diametrically opposed, (21) being the respective heads of antagonistic political clubs.
And now that this deed was done, Phyllidas, with two of the band, presented himself at the prison, telling the gaoler he had brought a man from the polemarchs to be locked up.
Or, "and so, according to the prevalent version of the matter, the polemarchswere slain.
The polemarchs also, in addition to their military functions, had a civil, together with a certain judicial power.
Mellon and his companions had got access to the polemarchsin the guise of drunken revellers.
The description given by Xenophon, of this assassination of the polemarchs at Thebes, differs materially from that of Plutarch.
Plans of Phyllidas for admitting the conspirators into Thebes and the government-house—he invites the polemarchs to a banquet.
Phyllidas had laid his plan for introducing them at that banquet, at the moment when the two polemarchs had become full of wine, in female attire, as being the women whose visit was expected.
They were introduced into the banqueting chamber when the polemarchs were full of wine, disguised in female attire, and, with the aid of their Theban conspirators, dispatched three of the polemarchs with their daggers.
The polemarchs mess with him and share his quarters, so that by dint of constant intercourse they may be all the better able to consult in common in case of need.
A truce to all this disturbance," cried the two polemarchs to Phyllidas.
Accustomed to look to the polemarchs for orders, the garrison did not know whom to trust or consult.
Their long veils and ample robes completely disguised them, and they sat down beside the polemarchs without a suspicion being entertained.
While the polemarchs were at table a messenger arrived from Athens with a letter for Archias, in which the whole plot was accurately detailed.
Gorgoleon and Theopompus, the polemarchs in command of the Spartans, moved confidently to the attack of the Thebans; and the onset was directed on both sides, with great fury, specially at the persons of the leaders.
The two polemarchs dashed against Pelopidas, and both fell; then the slaughter of their immediate followers produced a panic in the whole force, and it gave way to the Thebans, opening a lane through the centre as if for them to pass through.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "polemarchs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
