Archon

Archon (also Archont , plural Archon ; Greek ἄρχων Archon , Ruling ') denotes:

• an official in Greek-speaking or Greek-influenced antiquity and in the Middle Ages, see Archon (Office)
  • a government official in ancient Athens, see Archon (Athens)
  • with Plato the title of ruler of individual provinces of the legendary empire of Atlantis
  • a title in the Byzantine Empire, see Archon (Byzantium)
• a world-ruling, malevolent spirit being in Gnosis , see Archon (Gnosis)
• a very old core of a continental plate, see Kraton
• a computer game by Electronic Arts from 1983, see Archon (computer game)
• a municipality in France, see Archon (Aisne)
• a genus of knight butterflies , see Archon (genus)

Personal names

• Archon of Pella († 321 BC), Macedonian general and satrap of Babylonia
• Archon of Aigeira , 187 BC BC strategist of the Achaean League

This is a disambiguation page for differentiating between several terms identified with the same word.