The term strategos (Greek στρατηγός) is used in Greek to mean "general". In the Byzantine Empire the term was also used to describe a military governor (see Byzantine aristocracy and bureaucracy). In the modern Hellenic Army, it is the highest officer rank. The Byzantine Empire is the term conventionally used to describe the Greek-speaking Roman Empire during the Middle Ages, centred at its capital in Constantinople. ... The Byzantine Empire had a complex system of aristocracy and bureaucracy. ... The Hellenic Army, (Greek: Ελληνικός Στράτος) is the land force of Greece (The Hellenic Republic). ...

The office of strategos in Athenian democracy

In the Athenian democracy, strategoi were elected by name rather than chosen by lottery and expected to command at both land and sea. This office replaced the earlier polemarch as a commander of troops. The common translation general is a little misleading. The Athenian democracy was a democratic government in the city-state Athens and its surrounding lands in Attica, Greece; usually considered to have lasted from the late-6th to the late-4th century BC. During the 5th century BC, the population of Athens may well have comprised some 300,000... A polemarch was one of the magistrates of ancient Athens. ...

Following the reforms of Pericles, all Athenian positions except the strategos were selected by lottery and were paid so that any Athenian citizen could take part in office. The role of strategos remained a difficult to achieve position as both wealth and popularity were required to fill the office. For the Shakespeare play, see Pericles, Prince of Tyre Pericles, British Museum, London Pericles (c. ...

Some of the more notable Athenian strategoi were:

• Pericles the great proponent of Democracy in Athens
• Cimon
• Thucydides the author of The Peloponnesian War
• Nicias
• Cleon

See also Archons of Athens for a list of the known strategoi. For the Shakespeare play, see Pericles, Prince of Tyre Pericles, British Museum, London Pericles (c. ... The Acropolis in central Athens, one of the most important landmarks in world history. ... This article or section should include material fromKimon Cimon (died 450 BC?) was a major figure of the 470s BC and 460s BC in Athens, and the son of Miltiades. ... Bust of Thucydides ~ Thucydides Thucydides (between 460 and 455 BC–circa 400 BC, Greek Θουκυδίδης, Thoukudídês) was an ancient Greek historian, and the author of the History of the Peloponnesian War, which recounts the 5th century BC war between Sparta and Athens. ... Nicias (d. ... Cleon (d. ... This is a list of the Eponymous Archons of Athens. ...

Modern use

In the modern Hellenic Army, strategos is the highest officer rank. All but one of the other Greek general officer ranks are derivations of this word: antistrategos and ypostrategos, lieutenant general and major general, respectively; brigadier general, however is tagmatarhis, after the commanders of the medieval Byzantine tagmata. The Hellenic Army, (Greek: Ελληνικός Στράτος) is the land force of Greece (The Hellenic Republic). ... Lieutenant General is a military rank used in many countries. ... Insignia of a United States Air Force Major General German Generalmajor Insignia Major General is a military rank used in many countries. ... A Brigadier General, or one-star general, is the lowest rank of general officer in the United States and some other countries, ranking just above Colonel and just below Major General. ... In the year 743, the Byzantine emperor Constantine V retook Constantinople from the rebellious Count of the Opsician thema, Artabasdus. ...

Greek commissioned officer ranks Large flag of Greece Image originally derived from the public domain flags of the CIA World Factbook. ... In military organizations, a commissioned officer is a member of the service who derives authority directly from a sovereign power, and as such holds a commission from that power. ...
	Student Officer	OF-D	OF-1	OF-2	OF-3	OF-4	OF-5	OF-6	OF-7	OF-8	OF-9	OF-10
Hellenic Navy:			Anthypoploiarhos & Semaiophoros	Ypoploiarhos	Plotarhis	Antiploiarhos	Ploiarhos	Arhiploiarhos	Yponavarhos	Antinavarhos	Navarhos
Army:			Ypolokhagos & Anthypolokhagos	Lokhagos	Tagmatarhis	Antisyntagmatarhis	Syntagmatarhis	Taxiarhos	Ypostrategos	Antistrategos	Strategos
Hellenic Air Force:			Yposminagos & Anthyposminagos	Sminagos	Episminagos	Antisminarhos	Sminarhos	Taxiarhos Aeroporias	Ypopterarhos	Antipterarhos	Pterarhos

The Military of Greece is composed from the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy and the Hellenic Air Force. ... The Hellenic Army, (Greek: Ελληνικός Στράτος) is the land force of Greece (The Hellenic Republic). ... The Military of Greece is composed from the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy and the Hellenic Air Force. ...

Fictional uses

This position was featured in Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game. In the novel, the position of Strategos was charged with overall command of solar system defense. The Strategos, along with the positions of Polemarch and Hegemon, was one of the three most powerful people alive. Because of a belief in their inherent luck and brilliance, all three positions were filled with Jewish people - an American Jew as Hegemon, an Israeli Jew as Strategos, and a Russian Jew as Polemarch. Orson Scott Card (born August 24, 1951) is a prolific and best-selling author of numerous genres. ... A polemarch was one of the magistrates of ancient Athens. ... Hegemony is the dominance of one group over other groups, with or without the threat of force, to the extent that, for instance, the dominant party can dictate the terms of trade to its advantage; or more broadly, that cultural perspectives become skewed to favor the dominant group. ... A polemarch was one of the magistrates of ancient Athens. ...

The position of 'Strategos' was also featured in the English language version of the Sunrise anime The Vision of Escaflowne; the character Folken occupied the position when he served the Zaibach empire. Sunrise over the sea Sunrise, also called sunup in some American English dialects, is the time at which the first part of the Sun appears above the horizon in the east. ...