Archon (disambiguation)

Archon (Gr. αρχων, pl. αρχοντες) is a Greek word that means "ruler" or the like.

Archon may also refer to:

In history:

• Archon of Pella, a satrap of Babylonia and one of the Diadochi
• Archon Basileus, a position in the government of classical Athens

Butterflies or moths:

• Archon (butterfly), a genus of butterfly
• Archon apollinaris, a butterfly
• Paysandisia archon, a moth

In fiction:

• Archon (Dungeons & Dragons), a fantasy race featured in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
• Archons, a villainous race of hyper-dimensional entities from the comic book series The Invisibles
• Archons, the crew of the U.S.S. Archon in the original Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons"
• Archons, the leaders of the Dark Eldar in the tabletop wargame Warhammer 40,000
• The Archon, the second book of the Oracle Prophecies Trilogy by Catherine Fisher. In the trilogy, the Archon is also the title of the God-on-Earth.
• Archons, psionic entities in the StarCraft series from the protoss race.
• In Series Stargate SG-1, an Archon is similar to an attorney for Tollans during a trial, they call Triad. Both parties have one and an unbiased other one is selected to create a majority during vote (First heard in the third season).
• Archons, Group of ancient immortal beings that ruled over the primordial earth in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Other:

• Archon (convention), a science fiction/gaming convention held in Collinsville, Illinois
• Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, an award of merit bestowed by the Patriarch of Constantinople
• Archon Corporation, a company that has owned casinos and water parks
• Archon, Aisne, a commune of the Aisne département in northern France
• Archon (software), open source archival information system
• Archon X Prize, a genomics contest
• Archonta, a (possibly obsolete) category of mammals including primates and bats
• Archon: The Light and the Dark, a computer game from the 1980s developed for the Atari 8-bit computer.
  • Archon II: Adept, its sequel
• ARCHON Directory, a computer directory of UK archive repositories