EPI´STOLEUS
EPI´STOLEUS (
ἐπιστολεύς) was the officer second in rank in the Spartan fleet,
and succeeded to the command if anything happened to the
ναύαρχος, or admiral (Pollux, 1.96;
Xen. Hell. 1.1, § 23, 4.8.11, 5.1,
§ § 5, 6; once
ἐπιστολιάφορος, 6.2.25). When the Chians and other allies of
Sparta on the Asiatic coast sent to request that Lysander might be
reappointed to the command in the Aegaean, he was sent with the title of
ἐπιοτολεύς, because the laws of Sparta
did not permit the same person to hold the office of
ναύαρχος twice (
Xen. Hell.
2.1, § 7;
Plut. Lys. 7). (Cf.
Schömann,
Antiq. 1.248, 287, E. T.; Gilbert,
Staatsalterth. 1.64;
NAVARCHUS）
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