Editing Ephor (section)

== Other Greek ''poleis'' with ephors ==
* [[History of Benghazi|Euesperides]] ([[Benghazi]], Libya): The city was a colony of Cyrene and adopted its institutions as a result. It therefore counted ephors and a gerousia.<ref>Hansen & Nielsen (eds.), ''Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis'', p. 1243.</ref>
* [[Heraclea Lucania|Herakleia]] ([[Lucania]], Italy): The eponymous magistrate of the city was an ephor, because it reproduced the institutions of its mother-city, Taras.<ref>Hansen & Nielsen (eds.), ''Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis'', pp. 259, 260.</ref>
* [[Cyrene, Libya|Cyrene]] (Libya): Cyrene had a gerousia and a board of five ephors from an early date. It was a foundation of Thera.<ref>Hansen & Nielsen (eds.), ''Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis'', p. 1245.</ref>
* [[Messene]] (Peloponnese): Messene took its independence from Sparta in 370/69, but retained some of its institutions, such as the ephors, who are mentioned c. 295.<ref>Hansen & Nielsen (eds.), ''Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis'', p. 563.</ref>
* Taras ([[Taranto]], Italy): The ephorate is attested in the 3rd century, but considering that its colony Herakleia also had ephors, Taras probably had ephors since the [[Archaic Greece|Archaic Era]]. The office was eponymous in the 3rd century.<ref>Hansen & Nielsen (eds.), ''Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis'', pp. 300, 301.</ref>
* [[Santorini|Thera]] (Santorini Island): A board of three ephors were eponymous magistrates in the city.<ref>Hansen & Nielsen (eds.), ''Inventory of Archaic and Classical Poleis'', p. 783.</ref>