opp. τύραννος,Arist.EN1160b3, etc.; but also of tyrants, as Hiero, Pi.O.1.23; of Gelo, Hdt.7.161; of Pisistratus, Eup.123, cf. Sch. Ar.Ach.61: joined with a Subst., βασιλεὺς ἀνήρIl.3.170, etc.; ἀνὴρ β.Hdt.1.90; ἄναξ β. lord
king,
A.Pers.5, cf. B.17.1: c. gen., β. νεῶνA.Ag.114 (anap.); οἰωνῶν β., of the eagle, ibid., Pi.O.13.21: Comp. βασιλεύτεροσ
more kingly,
Il.9.160,392, Od.15.533, Tyrt.12.7: Sup. βασιλεύτατοσIl.9.69. b. of the gods, Ζεὺς θεῶν β.Hes.Th.886, cf. Pi.O.7.34, Emp.128.2, etc. (in this sense Hom. uses ἄναξ); as cult title of Zeus, IG7.3073.90 (Lebad.), SIG1014.110 (Erythrae), etc. (but Ζεὺς β., = Ahuramazda, X.Cyr.3.3.21, al., Arr.An.4.20.3); ὁ μέγας β., of
God,
LXXPs.47(48).2, Ph.2.107: Sup. βασιλεύτατοι τῶν θεῶνMax.Tyr.29.5. 2. as a title of rank,
prince,
β. εἰσὶ καὶ ἄλλοι πολλοὶ ἐν ..ἸθάκῃOd.1.394, cf. 8.390, etc.; of Cyrus, X.Oec. 4.16. b.
descendant of a royal house,
esp. in Ionia, Arist.Ath. 41.3; βασιλέων οἶκοι 'estates
of the royal house',
name of a district in Chios, Ἀθηνᾶ 20.168. 3. generally,
lord, master,
Il.18.556, Pi.O.6.47. 4. metaph., πόλεμος πάντων β.Heraclit.53; νόμος ὁ πάντων β.Pi.Fr.169. II. at Athens,
the second of the nine Archons,
IG12.76, al., Antipho 6.38, Lys.6.4, Arist.Pol.1285b17, Ath. 57, etc.; ἡ τοῦ β. στοάPl.Euthphr.2a. 2. title of magistrates in other Greek states, as βασιλᾶεσ at Elis, GDI1152, cf. IG12(2).6 (Mytil.), etc., Arist.Pol.1322b29. 3. at Rome, β. τῶν ἱερῶν, =
rex sacrorum,
D.H.5.1, cf. D.C.54.27. III. after the Persian war (without Art.),
the king of Persia,
Hdt.7.174,al.; ἄναξ Ξέρξης β.A.Pers.5, cf. 144, Ar.Ach.61, Th.8.48, IG22.141 (βασιλῆς βασιλέως ὕποχοι μεγάλου, of the Satraps, A.Pers.24, cf. 44, S.E.M.2.22); less freq. ὁ βασιλεύσHdt.1.132,137, Arist.Pol.1304b13; β. ὁ μέγασHdt. 1.188. 2. of Alexander and his successors, usually with Art., IG22.641,687, Men.293,340(pl.); ΣέλευκοσAntiph.187; Ἀντίγονοσ Alex.III; ΠτολεμαῖοσId.244; Ὀσυμανδύας βασιλεὺς βασιλέωνD.S. 1.47; title used by Parthian
kings,
Plu.Pomp.38, D.C.37.6, etc.; by Antony, Plu.Ant.54; of
God,
Apoc.17.14,19.16. 3. of the Roman
emperors,
AP10.25 (Antip. Thess.); β. ῬωμαίωνBGU588.10(i A.D.), etc., cf. 1 Ep.Ti.2.2, J.AJ14.15.14; β. αὐτοκράτωρIG3.13 (Hadrian), Hdn.1.6.5; without Art., Paus.10.32.19. IV. of any