page_title: Anax
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caption_attribution_description: English: Ancient Greek ceramic fragment depicting a horse with rider. Votive pinax from the sanctuary of Poseidon at Penteskouphia, Corinth (Berlin, Antikensammlung F.552; Inscriptiones Graecae IV.220 [1]) The inscription reads [ΠΟΤΕΙΔΑΝ]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ ([poteidan]i wanakti, "to the King Poseidon"), a dative form corresponding to the word ἄναξ anax ("king") in Attic. The inscription is in the archaic Corinthian dialect, employing the archaic letter Digamma for w, and a local Σ-shaped form of iota. Deutsch: Antikes griechisches Keramikfragment mit einer Darstellung von einem Pferd mit Reiter. Die Inschrift lautet [...]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ ([...]i wanakti, "...dem König"). Sie verwendet den archaischen Buchstaben Digamma für w und eine archaische (korinthische?) Σ-ähnliche Form von Iota und entspricht dem attischen Wort ἄναξ anax ("König").
context_page_description: Anax is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord, leader". It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus, and is inherited from Mycenaean Greece, and is notably used in Homeric Greek, e.g. for Agamemnon. The feminine form is anassa, "queen".
context_section_description: Anax (Greek: Ἄναξ; from earlier ϝάναξ, wánax) is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord, (military) leader". It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being basileus, and is inherited from Mycenaean Greece, and is notably used in Homeric Greek, e.g. for Agamemnon. The feminine form is anassa, "queen" (ἄνασσα, from wánassa, itself from *wánakt-ja).
caption: Archaic inscription [...]Ι ϜΑΝΑΚΤΙ ([...]i wanakti, "to the king") on ceramic fragment, here shown upside down; a warrior bearing a spear and mounted on a horse is also depicted.
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