| 单词 |
wanax |
| 释义 |
‖ wanax|ˈwænæks|
Also Wanax.
[ad. Gr. ϝάναξ, early and dial. form of ἄναξ lord.]
A Mycenæan or Minoan king or ruler.
ϝάναξ is the word for ‘king’ or ‘ruler’ in the Linear B tablets; in the Homeric poems ἄναξ and βασιλεύς are both found.
[1955L. R. Palmer in Trans. Philol. Soc. 1954 37 ϝάναξ is used in Greek of the human lord..and of the divine protectors... The Tacitean passage inclines me to the view that the wa na ka is a priest-king (rex), who stands at the apex of the social hierarchy above the military leader (dux).] 1956Ventris & Chadwick Documents in Mycenaean Greek v. 120 A monarchical system of government is proved for both Knossos and Pylos by references to the king (wanax); the absence of any further qualification shows that the state knew one king only. 1958Listener 11 Dec. 1004/1 The..more varied documents..have perhaps tempted Professor Webster to assume too easily that the Mycenean Wanax was likewise a divine King. 1960S. Dow Greeks in Bronze Age 25 When the destruction of the Twelfth Century took place, the chief of state, the Wanax, was evidently completely abolished. 1961C. G. Starr Origins Greek Civilization (1962) ii. 48 The class struggle rose through serfs or slaves..to the retainers and agents of the great king, the wanax. 1978Antiquaries Jrnl. LVIII. 22 At the summit [of an Achaean state] was the wanax, the head of the state, chief administrator, high judge, leader of the armed forces, and absolute controller of all economic activity. |
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