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Archon ( Greek: ἄρχων, romanized : árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes) is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, meaning "to be first, to rule", derived from the same root as words such as monarch and hierarchy .
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archons. archons (är´kŏnz, –kənz) [Gr.,=leaders], in ancient Athens and other Greek cities, officers of state. Originally in Athens there were three archons: the archon eponymos (so called because the year was named after him), who was the chief officer of the state; the archon basileus, who was primarily connected with sacred rites; and ...
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The archon eponymous was the chief archon, and presided over meetings of the Boule and Ecclesia, the ancient Athenian assemblies. The archon eponymous remained the titular head of state even under the democracy, though with much reduced political importance. Under the reforms of Solon, himself archon eponymous in 594 BC, there was a brief ...
YearEponymous ArchonOther Officials Or Notable Events101–100 BCServed as archon again in 91-90, 90-89, ...91–90 BCMedeiusPreviously served as archon in 101-100 ...88–87 BCanarchyAthens captured by Lucius Cornelius ...86–85 BC"Hierophant"His personal name is obscured due to ...Abraxas (Biblical Greek: ἀβραξάς, romanized: abraxas, variant form ἀβρασάξ romanized: abrasax) is a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the "Great Archon" (megas archōn), the princeps of the 365 spheres (ouranoi).
ARCHON. ARCHON , communal officer for the independent Jewish community ( kehillah) in the Greek and Roman period. The archons of the community constituted the executive committee of the council of elders ( * gerusia ). Josephus mentions "the leaders of the council of elders" of Alexandria (Wars, 7:412), evidently the archons of the council who ...
The archon was the chief magistrate in many Greek cities, but in Athens there were three archons, the archon eponymous, the polemarch (replaced in 501 BC by ten strategoi), and the basileus (the ceremonial remnant of the Athenian monarchy). After 683 BC the offices were held for only a single year, and the year was named after the archon eponymous.
