See also:

• HEGEMONY (Gr. i7ye,uovia, leadership, from it-yo-Oat, to lead, the leadership especially of one particular state in a group of federated or loosely united states. The term was first applied in Greek history to the position claimed by different individual

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

• 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 See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead, the leadership especially of one particular See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in a See also:

• GROUP

group of federated or loosely See also:

• UNITED

united states. The See also:

• TERM

term was first applied in See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• HISTORY

history to the position claimed by different individual  See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city-states, e.g. by See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens and See also:

• SPARTA (Gr. Eirapril or AaKe5atycav)

Sparta, at different times to a position of predominance (primes inter pares) among other equal states, coupled with individual See also:

• AUTONOMY (Gr. abr6s, self, and v6pos, law)

autonomy . The reversion of this position was claimed by Macedon (see See also:

• GREECE

GREECE: See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

Ancient See also:

• HISTORY

History, and DELIAN See also:

• LEAGUE

LEAGUE) .