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 butterflies
• 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
• Archons, protoss psionic entities in the StarCraft series
• Archon, a Tollan equivalent of an attorney in the Stargate SG-1 universe
• Archons, a group of ancient immortal beings that ruled over the primordial earth in The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel
• Archon, a city in the province of Black Marsh from the Elder Scrolls game universe
• Archon, a fictitious rock group featuring in The Equalizer episode "Inner View", notable by their track "Shadow Man"
• Archon, the title given to the leader of House Steiner in the BattleTech series
• Archon, the title given to the elected leader and head of state of the Draka in the Domination novels by S. M. Stirling
• Archons, a mystical creature type aligned with White in Magic: The Gathering, a trading card game
• Archon, an Angelic Battle-Priest from the videogame Darksiders II

Other:

• Archon (Gnosticism), a kind of supernatural being, who stood between the human race and a transcendent God
• 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 (android emulator), emulator software to run android apps on linux
• Archon X Prize, a genomics contest
• Archonta, a (possibly obsolete) category of mammals including primates and bats
• Archon: The Light and the Dark, a video game from 1983
  • Archon II: Adept, its sequel
  • Archon Ultra, a 1994 remake of the original 1983 video game
• ARCHON Directory, a computer directory of UK archive repositories