Chilon of Sparta
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Chilon of Sparta was a Spartan politician credited with the militarization of Spartan society, and one of the Seven Sages of Greece.
Chilon (top right) on a 3rd century AD Roman mosaic depicting the Seven Sages, now in the National Museum of Beirut.
Fictional portrait of Chilon by Luca Giordano (ca. 1660)
Modern depiction of Chilon
Ephor
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The ephors were a board of five magistrates in ancient Sparta. They had an extensive range of judicial, religious, legislative, and military powers, and could shape Sparta's home and foreign affairs.
1862 imagining of the ephors
Ephor Brasidas during combat