ἀρχηγέτις

A. ἀρχηγέτι Ar. Lys. 644); Dor. ἀρχαγέτας: (ἡγέομαι):—first leader, author, esp. founder of 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. of ἥρωες, IG 2.1191, SIG 1024.40 (Myconos), etc.; so at Athens of ἥρωες ἐπώνυμοι, Ar. Fr. 126, Orac. ap. D. 43.66; ὁ δήμου ἀ. the tutelary hero of the deme, Pl. Ly. 205d; at Sparta of the kings, ῥήτρα ap. 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 Jul. Or. 6.188b; of a philosophical school, τῆς ἀγωγῆς Phld. Sto.Herc. 339.12.

3. first cause, author, τύχης E. El. 891; γένους Id. Or. 555.