Archon (disambiguation)

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

Archon may also refer to:

Butterflies and moths

 * Archon (butterfly), a genus of butterflies
 * Paysandisia archon, a moth

Entertainment

 * Archon (convention), a science fiction/gaming convention held in Collinsville, Illinois
 * Archon (Dungeons & Dragons), a fantasy race featured in the Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game
 * Archon: The Light and the Dark, a video game from 1983
 * Archons, the crew of the U.S.S. Archon in the original Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons"
 * The Archon, the second book of the Oracle Prophecies Trilogy by Catherine Fisher
 * Archon, an Angelic Battle-Priest from the video game Darksiders II
 * Archon, a character from the video game Mass Effect: Andromeda

History

 * Archon of Pella, a satrap of Babylonia and one of the Diadochi
 * Archon of Aegeira, an Achaean statesman in the 2nd century BC
 * Archon basileus, a position in the government of classical Athens

Other uses

 * Archon (Gnosticism), a kind of supernatural being who stood between the human race and a transcendent God
 * Archon (software), open source archival information system
 * Archon, Aisne, a commune in northern France
 * 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 X Prize, a genomics contest
 * ARCHON Directory, a computer directory in the UK's National Archives