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The term Unknown Archon, Unknown Prince, [1] or Unnamed Serbian Archon [2] ( Serbian: Непознати архонт / непознати кнез / неименовани српски архонт, Nepoznati arhont / nepoznati knez / neimenovani srpski arhont) refers to a prince of the Sorbs of the first half of the 7th century who supposedly led his people from their original homeland in Whit...
- fl. 626–50
- Vlastimirović (progenitor)
- late 6th century, White Serbia
- Slavic pagan
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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Eponymous archon. In ancient Greece the chief magistrate in various Greek city states was called eponymous archon (ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων, epōnymos archōn ). "Archon" (ἄρχων, pl. ἄρχοντες, archontes) means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used as the title of a specific public office, [1] while "eponymous" means that he ...
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 ...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.
archon, in ancient Greece, the chief magistrate or magistrates in many city-states. The office became prominent in the Archaic period, when the kings ( basileis) were being superseded by aristocrats. At Athens the list of annual archons begins with 682 bc.
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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 the ...
In many of the Ancient Greek city-states between the 12th and 9th Centuries B.C., the head magistrate was the Eponymous Archon, also called the Archon for short. The term eponymous refers to a leader giving his name to the year he served while archon means ruler or lord.
