euergete

plural euergetes · alternative evergete

1. A benefactor.

   […] the euergete’s success.

   2009, James F. D. Frakes, Framing Public Life: The Portico in Roman Gaul, page 23

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   For instance, a law from Koressos lists in detail the duties of an euergete […]

   1997, Pauline Schmitt Pantel, “Public Feasts in the Hellenistic Greek City: Forms and Meanings”, in Per Bilde, Troels Engberg-Pedersen, Lise Hannestad, Jan Zahle, editors, Conventional Values of the Hellenistic Greeks, Aarhus University Press, page 31

   […] the euergete had available a greater variety of possibilities than was the case with many public buildings.

   1999, Garrett G. Fagan, Bathing in Public in the Roman World, page 175

   […] the euergete was called hierophant as an honorific nod to his efforts in providing instruction about the cult.

   2011, The Sacred Law of Andania, page 15

   Synonyms: euergetist