Archias

Archias (Greek: Ἀρχίας) may refer to:

Poets

• Aulus Licinius Archias, Roman-era Greek poet from Antioch
• Archias of Macedon, Archias of Byzantium, Archias of Mytilene, Archias the younger in Greek anthology

Statesmen

• Archias of Corinth, founder of Syracuse in 734 or 733 BC
• Archias of Pella, Macedonian trierarch, geographer
• Archias of Sparta, officer, died in the attack upon Samos in 525 BC (Herodotus III.55)
• Archias of Thurii, a Thuriian actor, officer of Antipater
• Archias of Cyprus, Hellenistic-period governor of the island

Grammarians

• Archias of Alexandria, Roman-era grammarian, teacher of Marcus Mettius Epaphroditus

References

• Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology Archias