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Basileus
(3,191 words)
(βασιλεύς;
basileús). I. Mycenaean period up to the Hellenistic Monarchies [German version] A. Mycenaean The word
basileus has not yet been sufficiently explained etymologically. It is usually translated as ‘king’ and probably stems from the pre-Hellenistic substratum. The Mycenaean form
qa-si-re-u is evidently identical to βασιλεύς, but instead of designating the sovereign of a kingdom (he holds the title of
wa-na-ka), it refers to a considerably lower position.
Qa-si-re-u and its derivation
qa-si-re-wi-ja can be found about 20 times in the Linear-B archives of Cn…
Source:
Brill’s New Pauly
