An archon is an honoree by His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch, for his outstanding service to the Church, and a well-known, distinguished, and well-respected leader of the Orthodox …

The archon eponymous was the chief archon, and presided over meetings of the Boule and Ecclesia, the ancient Athenian assemblies. The archon eponymous remained the titular head …

The functions of the βασιλεύς, or King Archon, were almost all connected with religion: his distinguishing title shows that he was considered a representative of the old kings in their …

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 The office became prominent in the Archaic period, when the kings (basileis) were being superseded by …

He had just been archon, when in 140 he was summoned to Rome by Antoninus Pius, to instruct the imperial princes, Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus, in Greek oratory. Amongst other …

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 …

Archons of Athens The Archons of Athens were the supreme council of the Athenian Republic during the Classical Age. There were nine Archons, this list details the chief archon (and …

At Rome, the archons were chosen in the month of Tishri, about the Jewish New-Year; in Berenice, probably during the Feast of Tabernacles. Besides those elected for a term, there …

The primacy in the college of the eponymous archon is not essential to our case, though it seems clear that his was the post of most political significance among the nine archons. That the …

After the death of Codrus (1045) the Athenian aristocracy, the. patres in Rome at a later period, abolished royalty and replaced a hereditary king by an elective magistrate, the archon, elected …