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Prytany vs Prytane - What's the difference?

prytany | prytane |

As nouns the difference between prytany and prytane

is that prytany is (historical|ancient greece) the period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section while prytane is the priest who presided over a prytaneum.

prytany

English

Noun

(prytanies)
  • (historical, Ancient Greece) The period during which the presidency of the senate belonged to the prytanes of the section.
    • (Webster 1913)

    prytane

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The priest who presided over a prytaneum.
  • * 1915 : Primitive and Ancient Legal Institutions , Albert Kocourek, John Henry Wigmore
    • This priest of the public hearth bore the name of king. Sometimes they gave him other titles. As he was especially the priest of the prytaneum, the Greeks preferred to call him the prytane ; sometimes they also called him the archon.
  • * 1962 : Magic, Myth, and Money , William Herbert Desmonde
    • The priest of the city hearth was called "king", "prytane"', or "archon". The term ' "prytane" was derived from the fact that he was the priest of the prytaneum, or local hearth.
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