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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 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 History, and DELIAN See also:

LEAGUE

LEAGUE).

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