ἀρχηγ-έτης,ου,ὁ, fem.ἀρχηγέτις,ιδος(dat.
A.
ἀρχηγέτι
Ar. Lys. 644
); Dor.
ἀρχᾱγέτας: (ἡγέομαι):—first leader, author,esp.founderof a city or family, Hdt. 9.86 , Pi. O. 7.78 , IG 9(1).61.49 (Daulis); title of Apollo at Cyrene, Pi. P. 5.60 ; at Naxos in Sicily, Th. 6.3 ; of Heracles at Sparta, X. HG 6.3.6 ; Asclepius in Phocis, Paus. 10.32.12 ; Helios at Rhodes, Aristid. Or. 24(44).50 ; freq. ofἥρωες,
IG 2.1191 , SIG 1024.40 (Myconos), etc.; so at Athens ofἥρωες ἐπώνυμοι,
Ar. Fr. 126 , Orac. ap. D. 43.66 ;ὁ δήμου ἀ.thetutelary heroof the deme, Pl. Ly. 205d ; at Sparta of the kings,ῥήτραap. Plu. Lyc. 6 ; so at Thera, IG 12(3).762 ; fem.ἀρχηγέτις,of Athena, IG 3.65 , al., cf. BMus.Inscr. 481 *. 20 (Ephesus,ii A. D.);τἀρχηγέτι,
= τῇ ἀρχηγέτιδι , Ar. Lys. 644 .
2. generally,leader, chief,
A. Supp. 184 , 251 , S. OT 751 , etc.; later,governor,
Chor. in Rev.Phil. 1.67 : metaph., ἀ. φιλοσοφίας