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[149] δημογέροντες: the word recurs only 11.372, where it is applied to Ilos, the eponym of Ilios. There is no reason to suppose that it is in any way different from the simple “γέρων”: it means merely member of the council of elders of the “δῆμος” or community. Cf. the “γερούσιος ὅρκος22.119 note.

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