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Anax or wanax is an ancient Greek word for "tribal chief, lord (military) leader". It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king"...

position of wanax ceases to be mentioned, and the basileis (the plural form) appear the topmost potentates in Greek society. In the works of Homer wanax appears...

economic systems. At the head of this society was the king, known as a wanax. Mycenaean Greece perished with the collapse of Bronze Age culture in the...

identified by the title 𐀷𐀙𐀏, wa-na-ka ("wanax") in the Linear B inscriptions at Knossos and Pylos. The wanax had the supreme authority and was represented...

identified with the title wanax from the Homeric era to classical Greece. The title didn't mean only king, but also protector. Wanax had chthonic aspects,...

In Greek mythology, Anax (Ancient Greek: Ἄναξ; from earlier ϝάναξ, wánax) was a king of Anactoria (Miletus). He was the son of Gaea (Earth) and father...

coming from the ancient greek words "ἄστυ" meaning city and "ἄναξ" meaning wanax or king) was the son of Hector, the crown prince of Troy, and of his wife...

an oculus in the roof. The megaron also contained the throne-room of the wanax, or Mycenaean ruler, whose throne was located in the main room with the...

found at Pylos, the name Poseidon occurs frequently in connection with the wanax ("king"), whose power and wealth were increasingly maritime rather than...

da-pu-ri-to-jo po-ti-ni-ja. Poseidon was often given the title wa-na-ka (wanax) in Linear B inscriptions in his role as King of the Underworld, and his...

conclusive answer". "Wa-na-ssoi, wa-na-ka-te, (to the two queens and the king). Wanax is best suited to Poseidon, the special divinity of Pylos. The identity...

and economic systems. At the head of this society was the king, known as wanax.[citation needed] The civilization of Mycenaean Greeks perished with the...

Nesiolowski-Spano proposed a hypothesis that his name is derived from the Greek 'wanax', 'ruler'. The first biblical reference to the sons of Anak occurs in Numbers...

death was dominant in both Minoan and Mycenean cults during the Bronze Age. Wanax was her male companion (paredros) in the Mycenean cult, and usually, this...

"king, ruler". Literally, the term means "big man." Anax, from Mycenaean wanax for "high king". Outranked Basileus in Mycenaean usage. Pharaoh, "Man of...

on) to match -ri-. A rare exception occurs in words formed from wa-na-ka, wanax (ϝάναξ, Homeric and Classical ἄναξ): wa-na-ka-te for wanaktei (dative),...

She is co-editor, along with Jorrit M. Kelder, of From 'Lugal.Gal' to 'Wanax': kingship and political organisation in the Late Bronze Age Aegean, a work...

Mycenaean Greece. It was most likely the royal burial site of the local wanax (king), and can be compared with the Treasury of Atreus at Mycenae. Hydraulics...

craftsmanship and thoroughness. Researchers believe it could be the grave of a Wanax, a tribal king, lord or military leader during the Mycenaean era. It was...

Age (14th century BC) a bureaucratic, agricultural kingdom ruled by the wanax at Pylos. The Messenians spoke Mycenaean Greek, and worshipped the Greek...

fleet. Because of this it is assumed that he was a king - Mycenaean Greek: wanax; Linear B: 𐀷𐀙𐀏, wa-na-ka; later Greek: ἄναξ, anax - and that he ruled...

1966, p. 159: "Wa-na-ssoi, wa-na-ka-te, (to the two queens and the king). Wanax is best suited to Poseidon, the special divinity of Pylos. The identity...

to warriors. Specifically, the dual organisation of leadership between a Wanax (ritual chief) and a Lawagetas (warrior chief) in Mycenaean Greece was apparently...

seems that she had an important shrine at the site Pakijanes near Pylos. Wanax (wa-na-ka) was her male companion in the Mycenean cult, and this title was...

belonging to this palace. This implies a centralized bureaucracy managed by a wanax (king), supported by a military elite. There are also "Warrior Graves" found...

Sparta" ἀστύξενοι astyxenoi Metics, Tarentine βάννας bannas king basileus, wanax, anax βειλαρμοσταὶ beilarmostai cavalry officers Tarentine (Attic ilarchai)...

and economic systems. At the head of this society was the king, known as wanax. Archaeological cultures of the Bronze Age Aegean include: Northeast Aegean...

atémbō, 'maltreat' or 'to be bereft or cheated of a thing'; ϝάναξ/ἄναξ wánax/ánax, 'lord, king'; θίασος thíasos, 'thiasus, Bacchic revel'; τύραννος týrannos...

polity. The most prominent individual within that polity was the king, or wanax, who exercised political authority, held a prominent religious role, and...

the Text. Oxford: The Clarendon Press. Haskell, Halford W. (2004). "Wanax to Wanax: Regional Trade Patterns in Mycenaean Crete". Hesperia Supplements....

attest, and pertain to, the veneration of the dead or the Tritopatores Wanax 𐀷𐀙𐀏𐀳 wa-na-ka-te "The King"; in this case, it is considered to be a...

were formed in Mycenean Greece (1600-1100 BC), each of them was ruled by a Wanax,[citation needed] including: Iolcos Mides Mycenae Orchomenos Pylos Thebes...

'gathering') Ͷανάͳα Πρειία/Wanassa Preiia – 'lady-goddess' (Homeric: ϝάνασσα see wanax; Κλεμύτας Λͷαραμυ Ϝασιρͷο̄τας 'dedicated it to her') ͷοῖκυ/woiku – 'house'...

palatial elite, while tholoi were reserved for the most elite, perhaps the wanax and other high-ranking figures known from Linear B. In Boeotia, however...

University of Edinburgh, in which capacity she organised the conference ‘From wanax to basileus’, held at Edinburgh in January 2003. In 2009, she was elected...