HEGEMONY (Gr. i7ye,uovia, leadership, from it-yo-

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• OAT (O. Eng. ate; the word is not found in cognate languages; it may be allied with Fr. eitel, knot, nodule, cf. Gr. oiSos swelling)

Oat, to

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• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, the leadership especially of one particular

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• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in a

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• GROUP

group of federated or loosely

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• UNITED

united states. The

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• TERM

term was first applied in

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• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek

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• HISTORY

history to the position claimed by different individual  city-states, e.g. by Athens and Sparta, at different times to a position of predominance (primes inter pares) among other equal states, coupled with individual autonomy . The reversion of this position was claimed by Macedon (see GREECE: Ancient History, and DELIAN LEAGUE) .