Greece
The ranks of the Greek police; 1. the Greek name; 2. the old military name; 3. the new ranks (police style).
- Αντιστράτηγος -Police Lieutenant General -Commissioner
- Υποστράτηγος -Police Major General -Deputy-Commissioner
- Ταξίαρχος -Police Brigadier General -Assistant Commissioner (AC)
- Αστυνομικός Διευθυντής -Police Colonel -Deputy Assistant Commissioner (DAC)
- Αστυνομικός Υποδιευθυντής -Police Lieutenant Colonel -Commander (Cmdr)
- Αστυνόμος Α' -Police Major -Chief Superintendent (Ch Supt)
- Αστυνόμος Β' -Police Captain -Superintendent
- Υπαστυνόμος Α' -Police Lieutenant -Chief Inspector (Ch Insp)
- Υπαστυνόμος Β' -Police Second Lieutenant -Inspector (Insp)
- Ανθυπαστυνόμος -Police Warrant Officer -Sergeant (Sgt or PS)
- Αρχιφύλακας -Police Sergeant -Acting Sergeant
- Αστυφύλακας -Police Constable -Police Constable (PC)
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“The science, the art, the jurisprudence, the chief political and social theories, of the modern world have grown out of Greece and Rome—not by favor of, but in the teeth of, the fundamental teachings of early Christianity, to which science, art, and any serious occupation with the things of this world were alike despicable.”
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“When a man hath no freedom to fight for at home,
Let him combat for that of his neighbors;
Let him think of the glories of Greece and of Rome,
And get knocked on the head for his labors.”
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—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)