(Greek: ; from earlier , ) is an
ancient Greek word for "
(tribal) king, lord, (military) leader". It is one of the two Greek titles traditionally translated as "king", the other being
basileus. Anax is the more archaic term of the two, inherited from the
Mycenaean period, and is notably used in
Homeric Greek, e.g. of
Agamemnon. The feminine form is
anassa, "queen" (,
ánassa; from
wánassa, itself from
*wánakt-ja).