Complete Works (361 page)

(
euch
ē
), prayer: request by men to the gods for what is good or seems good.

(
basileus
), king: an officer who is legally beyond accountability; an officer of a political organization.

(
arch
ē
), command: being in charge of everything.

(
exousia
), legal authority: power granted by law.

(
nomothet
ē
s
), lawgiver: the maker of the laws under which a city is to be governed.

(
nomos
), law: political judgment of many people, not limited to a certain time.

(
hypothesis
), hypothesis: indemonstrable first principle; summary of the principal points in a discourse.

(
ps
ē
phisma
), decree: political judgment limited to a certain time.

(
politikos
), statesman: one who knows how to organize a city.

(
polis
), city-state: the place of residence of a number of men who follow decisions made in being under the same law.

(
pole
ō
s aret
ē
), virtue of a city: the establishment of a good constitution.

(
polemik
ē
), military skill: having experience of war.

(summachia), military alliance: community of warring parties.

(
s
ō
t
ē
ria
), preservation: keeping safe and sound.