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==Organization== The League was governed by the [[Hegemon]] (leader)<ref>Diodorus Siculus, Book 16, 91.[2]: «ἐπὶ δὲ τούτων '''Φίλιππος ὁ βασιλεὺς ἡγεμὼν ὑπὸ τῶν Ἑλλήνων καθεσταμένος καὶ τὸν πρὸς Πέρσας πόλεμον''' ἐνστησάμενος Ἄτταλον μὲν καὶ Παρμενίωνα προαπέστειλεν εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν, μέρος τῆς δυνάμεως δοὺς καὶ '''προστάξας ἐλευθεροῦν τὰς Ἑλληνίδας πόλεις'''»</ref><ref>Plutarch, ''Alexander'' [14.1] «Εἰς δὲ τὸν Ἰσθμὸν '''τῶν Ἑλλήνων συλλεγέντων καὶ ψηφισαμένων''' ἐπὶ Πέρσας '''μετ᾽ Ἀλεξάνδρου στρατεύειν, ἡγεμὼν ἀνηγορεύθη'''»</ref><ref>''Alexander’s letter to Darius after the battle of Issus'': «Οι υμέτεροι πρόγονοι ελθόντες '''εις Μακεδονίαν και εις την άλλην Ελλάδα''' κακώς εποίησαν ημάς. '''Εγώ δε των Ελλήνων ηγεμών''' κατασταθείς και τιμωρήσασθαι βουλόμενος Πέρσας διέβην ες Ασίαν, υπαρξάντων υμών» Arrian, ''Alexander Anabasis'' [2.14.4.]</ref> (''[[strategos autokrator]]''<ref>Diodorus, Book 17.3[9]: «τοῦ δ᾽ Ἀλεξάνδρου παραγγείλαντος εἰς Κόρινθον ἀπαντᾶν τάς τε πρεσβείας καὶ τοὺς συνέδρους, ἐπειδὴ συνῆλθον οἱ συνεδρεύειν εἰωθότες, διαλεχθεὶς ὁ βασιλεὺς καὶ λόγοις ἐπιεικέσι χρησάμενος ἔπεισε τοὺς Ἕλληνας ψηφίσασθαι '''στρατηγὸν αὐτοκράτορα τῆς Ἑλλάδος εἶναι τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον''' καὶ συστρατεύειν ἐπὶ τοὺς Πέρσας ὑπὲρ ὧν εἰς τοὺς Ἕλληνας ἐξήμαρτον»</ref><ref>Diodorus Sicilus, Book 16, ''Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῇ ἑκκαιδεκάτῃ τῶν Διοδώρου ἱστορικῶν βίβλων'': «ὡς '''οἱ Ἕλληνες αὐτοκράτορα στρατηγὸν εἵλοντο Φίλιππον'''. ὡς Φίλιππος μέλλων διαβαίνειν εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν ἀνῃρέθη»</ref> in a military context),<ref>Alexander the Great: A New History By Alice Heckel, Waldemar Heckel, Lawrence A. Tritle Page 103 {{ISBN|1-4051-3082-2}}</ref> the council (''[[Synedrion]]''),<ref>Diodorus Sicilus, Book 16, 89.[3]: «διόπερ '''ἐν Κορίνθῳ τοῦ κοινοῦ συνεδρίου''' συναχθέντος διαλεχθεὶς περὶ τοῦ πρὸς Πέρσας πολέμου καὶ μεγάλας ἐλπίδας ὑποθεὶς προετρέψατο τοὺς συνέδρους εἰς πόλεμον»</ref> and the judges (''[[Dikastai]]''). Delegates of the member-states (''Synedroi'') were responsible for administering the common affairs of the League. They were summoned and presided over by a committee of presiding officers (''Proedroi''), chosen by lot in time of peace, and by the Hegemon in time of war.{{Sfn|Cawkwell|1978|page=171}} Decrees of the league were issued in [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]], [[Athens]], [[Delphi]], [[Olympia, Greece|Olympia]] and [[Pydna]].<ref>A History of Macedonia: Volume II: 550-336 B.C. Page 639 {{ISBN|0-19-814814-3}}</ref> The League maintained an army levied from member states in approximate proportion to their size, while Philip established Hellenic garrisons (commanded by [[phrourarch]]s, or garrison commanders) in Corinth, [[Thebes, Greece|Thebes]], [[Pydna]]<ref>Diodorus Sicilus, Book 16.8.[3]: «τόπων εὐφυῶς πολλὰ συνεβάλετο τῷ Φιλίππῳ πρὸς αὔξησιν. εὐθὺ γὰρ τὴν μὲν '''Πύδναν''' ἐχειρώσατο»</ref> and [[Ambracia]].
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