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ὀλιγαρχία

oligarchia

oligarchy, government in the hands of a few families

Appears 31 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

ὀλιγαρχία, Ion. -ιη IG 12(8).262.3 (Thasos, v B. C.), etc. : ἡ :—A. oligarchy, government in the hands of a few families or persons, Hdt. 3.82, 5.92.βʹ, etc. ; of the time of the Four Hundred, Th. 8.72 ; or of the Thirty, And. 1.99, Pl. Ap. 32c ; ἄκρατος ὀ. Arist. Pol. 1273b37, al., cf. Pl. R. 550c sq., Plt. 291e. 2. Ὀλιγαρχία, personified in a statue, Sch.Aeschin. 1.39.
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