Archon, the Glossary
Archon (árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes) is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office.[1]
Table of Contents
48 relations: Abel Greenidge, Ancient Greece, Arabic, Archon (Gnosticism), Archon basileus, Areopagus, Aristotle, Athens, Bulgars, Byzantine Empire, Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty, Calendar, Cephalonia, Choregos, Classical planet, Constitution of the Athenians (Aristotle), Copts, Crete, Cyprus, Dalmatia, Democracy, Eastern Orthodoxy, Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople, Eduard Meyer, Eponymous archon, Exousiastes, Fraternities and sororities, Gnosticism, Great Officers of State, Hierarchy, Human rights, James Headlam-Morley, Kanasubigi, Kingdom of Sicily, Laity, Magistrate, Megas archon, Mint (facility), Monarch, Ottoman Greece, Polemarch, Qadi, Sclaveni, Slavs, Strategos, Syssitia, The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, Theme (Byzantine district).
- Byzantine titles and offices
- Positions of subnational authority
Abel Greenidge
Abel Hendy Jones Greenidge (22 December 1865 – 11 March 1906) was a writer on ancient history and law.
Ancient Greece
Ancient Greece (Hellás) was a northeastern Mediterranean civilization, existing from the Greek Dark Ages of the 12th–9th centuries BC to the end of classical antiquity, that comprised a loose collection of culturally and linguistically related city-states and other territories.
Arabic
Arabic (اَلْعَرَبِيَّةُ, or عَرَبِيّ, or) is a Central Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family spoken primarily in the Arab world.
Archon (Gnosticism)
Archons (árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes), in Gnosticism and religions closely related to it, are the builders of the physical universe.
See Archon and Archon (Gnosticism)
Archon basileus
Archon basileus (ἄρχων βασιλεύς árchōn basileús) was a Greek title, meaning "king magistrate": the term is derived from the words archon "magistrate" and basileus "king" or "sovereign".
See Archon and Archon basileus
Areopagus
The Areopagus is a prominent rock outcropping located northwest of the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.
Aristotle
Aristotle (Ἀριστοτέλης Aristotélēs; 384–322 BC) was an Ancient Greek philosopher and polymath.
Athens
Athens is the capital and largest city of Greece.
Bulgars
The Bulgars (also Bulghars, Bulgari, Bolgars, Bolghars, Bolgari, Proto-Bulgarians) were Turkic semi-nomadic warrior tribes that flourished in the Pontic–Caspian steppe and the Volga region between the 5th and 7th centuries.
Byzantine Empire
The Byzantine Empire, also referred to as the Eastern Roman Empire, was the continuation of the Roman Empire centered in Constantinople during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages.
See Archon and Byzantine Empire
Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty
The Byzantine Empire was ruled by the Palaiologos dynasty in the period between 1261 and 1453, from the restoration of Byzantine rule to Constantinople by the usurper Michael VIII Palaiologos following its recapture from the Latin Empire, founded after the Fourth Crusade (1204), up to the Fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Empire.
See Archon and Byzantine Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty
Calendar
A calendar is a system of organizing days.
Cephalonia
Kefalonia or Cephalonia (Κεφαλονιά), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallenia (Κεφαλληνία), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios.
Choregos
In the theatre of ancient Greece, the choregos (pl. choregoi; χορηγός, Greek etymology: χορός "chorus" + ἡγεῖσθαι "to lead") was a wealthy Athenian citizen who assumed the public duty, or choregiai, of financing the preparation for the chorus and other aspects of dramatic production that were not paid for by the government of the polis or city-state.
Classical planet
A classical planet is an astronomical object that is visible to the naked eye and moves across the sky and its backdrop of fixed stars (the common stars which seem still in contrast to the planets).
See Archon and Classical planet
Constitution of the Athenians (Aristotle)
The Constitution of the Athenians, also called the Athenian Constitution (Athēnaiōn Politeia), is a work by Aristotle or one of his students.
See Archon and Constitution of the Athenians (Aristotle)
Copts
Copts (niremənkhēmi; al-qibṭ) are a Christian ethnoreligious group indigenous to North Africa who have primarily inhabited the area of modern Egypt since antiquity.
See Archon and Copts
Crete
Crete (translit, Modern:, Ancient) is the largest and most populous of the Greek islands, the 88th largest island in the world and the fifth largest island in the Mediterranean Sea, after Sicily, Sardinia, Cyprus, and Corsica.
See Archon and Crete
Cyprus
Cyprus, officially the Republic of Cyprus, is an island country in the eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Dalmatia
Dalmatia (Dalmacija; Dalmazia; see names in other languages) is one of the four historical regions of Croatia, alongside Central Croatia, Slavonia, and Istria, located on the east shore of the Adriatic Sea in Croatia.
Democracy
Democracy (from dēmokratía, dēmos 'people' and kratos 'rule') is a system of government in which state power is vested in the people or the general population of a state.
Eastern Orthodoxy
Eastern Orthodoxy, otherwise known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity or Byzantine Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism.
See Archon and Eastern Orthodoxy
Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople (translit) is the archbishop of Constantinople and primus inter pares (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that compose the Eastern Orthodox Church.
See Archon and Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople
Eduard Meyer
Eduard Meyer (25 January 1855 – 31 August 1930) was a German historian.
Eponymous archon
In ancient Greece the chief magistrate in various Greek city states was called eponymous archon (ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων, epōnymos archōn).
See Archon and Eponymous archon
Exousiastes
Exousiastes (εξουσιαστής, literally, "one who executes authority") was a style applied in the Byzantine Empire to some sovereign foreign rulers, considered higher in rank than an ordinary archon. Archon and Exousiastes are Byzantine titles and offices.
Fraternities and sororities
In North America, fraternities and sororities (fraternitas and sororitas|lit.
See Archon and Fraternities and sororities
Gnosticism
Gnosticism (from Ancient Greek:, romanized: gnōstikós, Koine Greek: ɣnostiˈkos, 'having knowledge') is a collection of religious ideas and systems that coalesced in the late 1st century AD among Jewish and early Christian sects.
Great Officers of State
Government in medieval monarchies generally comprised the king's companions, later becoming the royal household, from which the officers of state arose, initially having household and government duties.
See Archon and Great Officers of State
Hierarchy
A hierarchy (from Greek:, from, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another.
Human rights
Human rights are moral principles or normsJames Nickel, with assistance from Thomas Pogge, M.B.E. Smith, and Leif Wenar, 13 December 2013, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy,.
James Headlam-Morley
Sir James Wycliffe Headlam-Morley, CBE (24 December 1863 – 6 September 1929) was a British academic historian and classicist.
See Archon and James Headlam-Morley
Kanasubigi
Kanasubigi (ΚΑΝΑΣΥΒΙΓΙ), possibly read as Kanas Ubigi or Kanas U Bigi, was a title of the early Bulgar rulers of the First Bulgarian Empire.
Kingdom of Sicily
The Kingdom of Sicily (Regnum Siciliae; Regno di Sicilia; Regnu di Sicilia) was a state that existed in Sicily and the south of the Italian Peninsula plus, for a time, in Northern Africa from its founding by Roger II of Sicily in 1130 until 1816.
See Archon and Kingdom of Sicily
Laity
In religious organizations, the laity consists of all members who are not part of the clergy, usually including any non-ordained members of religious orders, e.g. a nun or a lay brother.
See Archon and Laity
Magistrate
The term magistrate is used in a variety of systems of governments and laws to refer to a civilian officer who administers the law.
Megas archon
The title of megas archōn (μέγας ἄρχων; "grand archon") was a Byzantine court title during the 13th–14th centuries.
Mint (facility)
A mint is an industrial facility which manufactures coins that can be used as currency.
See Archon and Mint (facility)
Monarch
A monarch is a head of stateWebster's II New College Dictionary.
Ottoman Greece
The vast majority of the territory of present-day Greece was at some point incorporated within the Ottoman Empire.
Polemarch
A polemarch (from, polemarchos) was a senior military title in various ancient Greek city states (poleis). Archon and polemarch are ancient Greek titles.
Qadi
A qāḍī (Qāḍī; otherwise transliterated as qazi, kadi, kadhi, kazi, or gazi) is the magistrate or judge of a sharīʿa court, who also exercises extrajudicial functions such as mediation, guardianship over orphans and minors, and supervision and audition of public works.
See Archon and Qadi
Sclaveni
The Sclaveni (in Latin) or (various forms in Greek) were early Slavic tribes that raided, invaded and settled in the Balkans in the Early Middle Ages and eventually became one of the progenitors of modern South Slavs.
Slavs
The Slavs or Slavic people are groups of people who speak Slavic languages.
See Archon and Slavs
Strategos
Strategos, plural strategoi, Latinized strategus, (στρατηγός, pl.; Doric Greek: στραταγός, stratagos; meaning "army leader") is used in Greek to mean military general. Archon and strategos are ancient Greek titles.
Syssitia
The syssitia (συσσίτια syssítia, plural of συσσίτιον syssítion) were, in ancient Greece, common meals for men and youths in social or religious groups, especially in Crete and Sparta, but also in Megara in the time of Theognis of Megara (sixth century BCE) and Corinth in the time of Periander (seventh century BCE).
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature is a book in the series of Oxford Companions produced by Oxford University Press.
See Archon and The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature
Theme (Byzantine district)
The themes or (θέματα,, singular) were the main military and administrative divisions of the middle Byzantine Empire.
See Archon and Theme (Byzantine district)
See also
Byzantine titles and offices
- Abydikos
- Archon
- Basilikoi anthropoi
- Byzantine bureaucracy and aristocracy
- Ek prosopou
- Exousiastes
- Hypatos ton philosophon
- Paradynasteuon
- Perfumer (Myrepsos)
- Phylarch
- Promachos
- Toparches
- Vir gloriosus
- Vir illustris
- Archon
- Aristoi
- Ataman
- Barangay captain
- Barangay councilor
- Bey
- Cabeza de barangay
- Chief minister
- Corregidor (position)
- Daroga
- First minister
- Gobernadorcillo
- Hippeis
- Justicia mayor
- Khedive
- List of Mamluk titles and appellations
- List of Ottoman titles and appellations
- Mahaldar
- Minister-president
- Municipal president
- Pensionary
- Premier
- Síndico Procurador
- Sargento mayor
- Satrap
- Tanod
- Tehwildar
- Teniente a guerra
- Viceroy
- Yabghu
References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archon
Also known as Archons, Archonship, Archont, Archontate, Archontates, Archontia, Archōn, Junior archon, Junior archons, Thesmothetai, Thesmothete, Thesmothetēs.