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Archon
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Archon (Gr. ἄρχων, pl. ἄρχοντες) is a Greek word that means "ruler" or "lord", frequently used
as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem
ἀρχ-, meaning "to rule", derived from the same root as monarch, hierarchy and anarchy.

Contents
1 Ancient Greece
2 Byzantine Empire
3 Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople
4 Gnostic Archons
4.1 The Hebdomad
4.2 Mandaean Archons
4.3 Manichaean Archons
4.4 Origins
4.4.1 As planets
4.4.2 In Zoroastrianism
4.5 Usage
4.5.1 In Judaism and Christianity
4.5.2 In Greek theology
5 Other uses
5.1 Real life
5.2 Books
5.3 Movies and television
5.4 Role-playing games
5.5 Video games
5.6 Music
5.7 Others
6 References
6.1 Bibliography

Ancient Greece
In the early literary period of ancient Greece the chief magistrate in various Greek city states
[1]
was called Archon. The term was also used throughout Greek history in a more general
sense, ranging from "club leader" to "master of the tables" at syssitia to "Roman governor".

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[citation needed]
In Roman terms, the board of archontes ruled by potestas, whereas the
Basileus ("King") had auctoritas.

In Athens a system of nine concurrent Archons evolved, led by three respective remits over
the civic, military, and religious affairs of the state: the three office holders being known as
the Eponymous archon (Ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων; the "name" ruler, who gave his name to the year
[2]
in which he held office), the Polemarch ("war ruler"), and the Archon Basileus ("king ruler").
Originally these offices were filled from the aristocracy by elections every ten years. During
this period the eponymous Archon was the chief magistrate, the Polemarch was the head of
the armed forces, and the Archon Basileus was responsible for the civic religious
arrangements, including many of the law courts. After 683 BC the offices were held for only a
single year, and the year was named after the Archōn Epōnymos. (Many ancient calendar
systems did not number their years consecutively.) After 487 BC the archonships were
assigned by lot to any citizen and the Polemarch's military duties were taken over by new
[citation needed]
class of generals known as stratēgoí. The ten stratēgoí (one per tribe) were
elected, and the office of Polemarch was rotated among them on a daily basis. The
Polemarch thereafter had only minor religious duties, and the titular headship over the
strategoi. The Archon Eponymous remained the titular head of state under democracy,
[citation needed]
though of much reduced political importance. The Archons were assisted by
"junior" archons, called Thesmothétai (Θεσμοθέται "Institutors"). After 457 BC ex-archons
were automatically enrolled as life members of the Areopagus, though that assembly was
no longer extremely important politically at that time. (See Archons of Athens.)

Byzantine Empire
Byzantine historians usually described foreign rulers as archontes.[3] The rulers of the
Bulgars themselves, along with their own titles, often bear the title archon placed b y God in
inscriptions in Greek.

Inside Byzantium, the term could be used to refer to any powerful noble or magnate, but in a
technical sense, it was applied to a class of provincial governors. In the 8th–9th centuries,
these were the governors of some of the more peripheral provinces, inferior in status to the
themata: Dalmatia, Cephalonia, Crete and Cyprus. In the 10th–12th centuries, archontes are
also mentioned as the governors of specific cities. The area of an archon's jurisdiction was
[4]
called an archontia' (ἀρχοντία). The title was also used for the holders of several financial
posts, such as the head of the mint (ἄρχων τῆς χαραγῆς), as well as directors the imperial
[5]
workshops, arsenals, etc.

The title of megas archon ("grand archon") is als o attested, as a translation of foreign titles
such as "grand prince". In the mid-13th century, it was established as a special court rank,
held by the highest-ranking official of the emperor's company. It existed throughout the
[6]
Palaiologan period, but did not have any specific functions.

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Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople

From time to time, laity of the Orthodox Church in communion with the Patriarch of
Constantinople have been granted the title of Archon to honor their service to Church
administration. In 1963, Archons were organized into a service society dedicated to St
Andrew. This Archon status is not part of the Church hierarchy and is purely honorary. See
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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 Church (at large).

It is the sworn oath of the Archon to defend and promote the Orthodox Church faith and
tradition. His main concern is to protect and promote the Holy Patriarchate and its mission.
He is also concerned with human rights and the well-being and general welfare of the
Church.

As it is a significant religious position, the faith and dedication of a candidate for the role are
extensively reviewed during consideration; the candidate should have demonstrated
commitment for the betterment of the Church, Parish-Diocese, Archdiocese and the
community as a whole.

Gnostic Archons
In late antiquity the term archon was used in
Gnosticism to refer to several servants of the Gnosticism
Demiurge, the "creator god" that stood between the
human race and a transcendent God that could only be
reached through gnosis. In this context they have the
role of the angels and demons of the Old Testament. This article is part of a series on Gnosticism
They give their name to the sect called Archontics.
His tory of Gnos ticis m
The Hebdomad
Early Gnosticism
A characteristic feature of the Gnostic conception of the Syrian-Egyptic Gnosticism
universe is the role played in almost all Gnostic Gnosticism in modern times
systems by the seven world-creating archons, known Proto-Gnos tics
as the Heb domad (ἑβδομάς). There are indeed certain Philo
exceptions; for instance, Basilides taught the existence Simon Magus
of a "great archon" called Abrasax who presided over Cerinthus
365 archons (Irenaeus, Adversus Haereses, i. 24); in Valentinus
the Valentinian system, the Seven are in a manner Basilides
replaced by the Aeons. These Seven, then, are in most
systems semi-hostile powers, and are reckoned as the Gnos tic te xts
last and lowest emanations of the Godhead; below

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them—and frequently considered as derived from

Gnostic Gospels
them—comes the world of the actually devilish powers.
Nag Hammadi library
The ancient astronomy taught that above the seven Codex Tchacos
planetary spheres was an eighth, the sphere of the Askew Codex
[7] Bruce Codex
fixed stars. In the eighth sphere, these Gnostics
taught, dwelt the mother to whom all these archons Gnosticism and the New Testament
owed their origin, Sophia (Wisdom) or Barbelo. In the Re late d article s
language of these sects the word Hebdomad not only Gnosis
denotes the seven archons, but is also a name of Neoplatonism and Gnosticism
place, denoting the heavenly regions over which the Mandaeism
seven archons presided; while Ogdoad denotes the Manichaeism
supercelestial regions which lay above their control. Bosnian Church
Esoteric Christianity
The Ophites accepted the existence of these seven
Theosophy
archons (Origen, Contra Celsum, vi. 31; a nearly
[8]
identical list is given in On the Origin of the World): Gnos ticis m Portal
Yaldabaoth, called also Saklas and Samael
Saturn.
Feminine name: Pronoia (Forethought) Sambathas, "week".
Prophets:[9] Moses, Joshua, Amos, Habakkuk.
From Hebrew yalda b ahut, "Child of Chaos"? The outermost who created the six
others, and therefore the chief ruler and Demiurge par excellence. Called "the
Lion-faced", leontoeides, similar to the Mithraic Leontocephaline.
Iao
Jupiter.
Feminine name: Lordship.
Prophets: Samuel, Nathan, Jonah, Micah.
Perhaps from Yahu, Yahweh, but possibly also from the magic cry iao in the
Mysteries.
Sabaoth
Mars.
Feminine name: Deity.
Prophets: Elijah, Joel, Zechariah.
The Old Testament title God of Hosts was thought a proper name, hence Jupiter
Sabbas (Yahweh Sabaoth).
Astaphanos, or Astaphaios
Venus.
Feminine name: Sophia (Wisdom).
Prophets: Esdras, Zephaniah.
Astraphaios is beyond doubt the planet Venus, as there are gnostic gems with a
female figure and the legend ASTAPHE, which name is also used in magic
spells as the name of a goddess.

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Adonaios
The Sun.
Feminine name: Kingship.
Prophets: Isaiah, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Daniel.
From the Hebrew term for "the Lord", used of God; Adonis of the Syrians
representing the Winter sun in the cosmic tragedy of Tammuz. In the Mandaean
system Adonaios represents the Sun.
Elaios, or Ailoaios, or sometimes Ailoein
Mercury.
Feminine name: Jealousy.
Prophets: Tobias, Haggai.
From Elohim, God (El).
Horaios
The Moon.
Feminine name: Wealth.
Prophets: Michaiah, Nahum.
From Jaroah? or "light"? or Horus?

In the hellenized form of Gnosticism either all or some of these names are replaced by
personified vices. Authadia (Authades), or Audacity, is the obvious description of Yaldabaoth,
the presumptuous Demiurge, who is lion-faced as the Archon Authadia. Of the Archons
Kakia, Zelos, Phthonos, Errinnys, Epithymia, the last obviously represents Venus. The
number seven is obtained by placing a proarchon or chief archon at the head. That these
names are only a disguise for the Sancta Hebdomas is clear, for Sophia, the mother of
them, retains the name of Ogdoad, Octonatio. Occasionally one meets with the Archon
Esaldaios, which is evidently the El Shaddai of the Bible, and he is described as the Archon
"number four" (harithmo tetartos).

In the system of the Gnostics mentioned by Epiphanius we find, as the Seven Archons,

Iao
Saklas (the chief demon of Manichaeism)
Seth
David
Eloiein
Elilaios (probably connected with En-lil, the Bel of Nippur, the ancient god of Babylonia)
Yaldabaoth (or no. 6 Yaldaboath, no. 7 Sabaoth)

The last book of the Pistis Sophia (or The Books of the Savior (http://www.web com.com
/~gnosis/lib rary/psoph.htm) ) contains the myth of the capture of the rebellious archons,
[10]
whose leaders here appear as five in number.

Paraplex
Hekate
Ariouth (females)
Typhon

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Iachtanabas (males)

Mandaean Archons

Among the Mandaeans, we find a different and perhaps more primitive conception of the
Seven, according to which they, together with their mother Namrus (Ruha) and their father
(Ur), belong entirely to the world of darkness. They and their family are looked upon as
captives of the god of light (Manda-d'hayye, Hibil-Ziva), who pardons them, sets them on
[11]
chariots of light, and appoints them as rulers of the world.

Manichaean Archons

The Manicheans readily adopted the Gnostic usage; and their archons are invariably evil
beings. It is related how the helper of the Primal Man, the spirit of life, captured the evil
archons, and fastened them to the firmament, or according to another account, flayed them,
[12]
and formed the firmament from their skin, and this conception is closely related to the
other, though in this tradition the number (seven) of the archons is lost.

Origins

As planets

Irenaeus tells us: "Sanctam Hebdomadem VII stellas, quas dictunt planetas, esse volunt." It
is safe, therefore, to take the above seven Gnostic names as designating the seven
planetary divinities, the sun, moon and five planets. In the Mandaean system the Seven are
introduced with the Babylonian names of the planets. The connexion of the Seven with the
planets is also clearly established by the expositions of Celsus and Origen (Contra Celsum,
vi. 2 2 seq.) and similarly by the above-cited passage in the Pistis Sophia, where the
archons, who are here mentioned as five, are identified with the five planets (excluding the
sun and moon).

In this, as in several other systems, the traces of the planetary seven have been obscured,
but hardly in any have they become totally effaced. What tended most to obliterate the
sevenfold distinction was the identification of the God of the Jews, the Lawgiver, with
Yaldabaoth and his designation as World-creator, whereas formerly the seven planets
together ruled the world. This confusion, however, was suggested by the very fact that at
least five of the seven archons bore Old-Testament names for God—El Shaddai, Adonai,
Elohim, Jehovah, Sabaoth.

Wilhelm Anz (Ursprung des Gnosticismus, 1897) has pointed out that Gnostic eschatology,
consisting in the soul's struggle with hostile archons in its attempt to reach the Pleroma, is a
close parallel of the soul's ascent, in Babylonian astrology, through the realms of the seven
planets to Anu. The late Babylonian religion can definitely be indicated as the home of these
[13]
ideas. And if in the old sources it is only the first beginnings of this development that can
be traced, we must assume that at a later period the Babylonian religion centred in the

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adoration of the seven planetary deities. Very instructive in this connexion is the later
(Arabian) account of the religion of the Mesopotamian Sabians. The religion of the Sabians,
evidently a later offshoot from the stock of the old Babylonian religion, actually consists in the
[14]
cult of the seven planets.

In Zoroastrianism

The Bundahishn (iii. 25, v. z) is able to inform us that in the primeval strife of Satan against
the light-world, seven hostile powers were captured and set as constellations in the
heavens, where they are guarded by good star-powers and prevented from doing harm. Five
of the evil powers are the planets, while here the sun and moon are of course not reckoned
among the evil powers—for the obvious reason that in the Persian official religion they
[15]
invariably appear as good divinities. It must be also noted that the Mithras mysteries, so
closely connected with the Persian religion, are acquainted with this doctrine of the ascent of
the soul through the planetary spheres (Origen, Contra Celsum, vi. 22).

Usage

In Judaism and Christianity

The N. T. several times mentions the "prince (ἄρχων) of the devils" (δαιμονίων), or "of the
(this) world," or "of the power of the air;" but never uses the word absolutely in any cognate
sense. In Leviticus (LXX.) Αρχων (once οἱ Ἄρχοντες, Leviticus 20:5 (http://bibref.hebtools.com
/?book=Leviticus%20&verse=20:5&src=!) ) represents, or rather translates, Molech. The true
biblical source of the usage however is Daniel 10:13-21 (http://bibref.hebtools.com
/?book=Daniel%20&verse=10:13-21&src=!) (six times Theodotion; once indistinctly LXX.),
where the archon (‫שר‬ ֣ ַׂ , "prince" A. V.) is the patron angel of a nation, Persia, Greece, or Israel;
a name (Michael) being given in the last case only.

The Book of Enoch (vi. 3, 7; viii. 1) names 20 "archons of the" 200 "watcher" angels who
sinned with the "daughters of men," as appears from one of the Greek fragments. The title is
not indeed used absolutely (τ. ἀρχόντων αὺτῶν, Σεμιαζᾶς, ὁ ἄρχων αὐτῶν, b is: cf. ἱ
πρώταρχος αὐτῶν Σ.), except perhaps once (πρῶτος Ἀζαὴλ ὁ δέκατος τῶν ἀρχόντων), where
the Ethiopic has no corresponding words: but it has evidently almost become a true name,
and may account for St. Jude's peculiar use of ἀρχή (Jude 1:6 (http://bibref.hebtools.com
/?book=Jude%20&verse=1:6&src=!) ).

Christians soon followed the Jewish precedent. In the 2nd century the term appears in
several writers alien to Gnosticism. The Epistle to Diognetus (7) speaks of God sending to
men "a minister or angel or archon," etc. Justin (Dial. 36) understands the command in
Psalms 24:7-9 (http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=Psalms%20&verse=24:7-9&src=!) (ἄρατε
πύλας οἱ ἄρχοντες ὑμῶν LXX.) to open the heavenly gates as addressed to "the archons
appointed by God in the heavens." The first spurious set of Ignatian epistles enumerates
"the heavenly beings and the glory of the angels and the archons visible and invisible" (Ad
Smyrn. 6), and again "the heavenly beings and the angelic collocations and the archontic

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constitutions" (i. e. order of provinces and of functions), "things both visible and invisible" (Ad
Trall. 5); the meaning being lost by the time of the interpolator, who in one case drops the
word out, and in the other gives it a political sense. The Clementine Homilies adopt and
extend (xi. 10, ἐν ᾅδῃ . . . ὁ ἐκεῖ καθεστὼς ἄρχων) the N. T. usage; and further call the two
good and evil ("right and left") "powers," which control the destiny of each man, "rulers"
(archons, vii. 3), though more commonly "leaders" (ἡγεμόνες).

In Greek theology

The classical theology of Greece knew only gods, daemons, and heroes. The phrase θεοὶ
ἄρχοντες in Plato (Phaedr. 247 A) is of no account here. Even Philo never alludes to archons:
[16]
in a single passage (De Mon. i. 1) ἄρχοντες is merely correlative to ὑπήκοοι.

Presently the syncreticism of the later Greek philosophy found room for archons. They are
inserted by the author of the book De Mysteriis Aegyptiorum (ii. 3-9), and even it would seem
by his questioner Porphyry, below gods, daemons, angels, and archangels, and above
heroes (omitted by Porphyry) and departed "souls," in the scale of invisible beings whose
presence may become manifest. It may be only an accidental coincidence that about the end
of the 2nd century "Archon" was one of the names given by the Platonist Harpocration to the
"Second God" of Numenius (Proclus in Tim. 93 C).

In any case the new term struck no deep root in either Christian or heathen soil. Probably
"archangel" was found sufficient for every need. Even Origen (С. Cels. vi. 30 f.) has to
introduce the archons of the early Ophites with the explanatory phrase "ruling daemons."

Other uses
Real life
The term is used within the Arab-speaking Copts in church parlance as a title for a
leading member of the laity.

Archon is the title given to the six district presidents of the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

Archon is the title given to presidents of student chapters of the Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity.
Vice-presidents are known as Vice Archons.

Archon is the title given to the vice-president of student chapters of the Pi Lambda Phi
Fraternity

Archon is the title given to the presidents of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity.

Archon is the title given to presidents of student chapters of the Phi Sigma Sigma
Sorority. Vice-presidents are known as Vice Archons.

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Eminent Archon is the title given to presidents of chapters of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Fraternity. Vice-presidents are known as Eminent Deputy Archons.

Archon is the title given to alumni volunteers who direct and oversee undergraduate
chapters located within a geographic province of the Sigma Pi Fraternity.

Grand Archon is the title given to presidents of the Sigma Delta Phi sorority and the
Sigma Rho fraternity of the University of the Philippines.

Archon is the designation given to individual members of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity,
also known as the Boule. Chapter Presidents are known as Sire Archon and the
national president is know as the Grand Sire Archon. The wives of the members are
termed Archousa (pl. Archousai).

Archon is the title given to the Brandeis university yearbook.

The Archon Society is a co-ed service and social fraternity at Kenyon College that
focuses on fostering a connection between Kenyon College students and the
residents of Knox County through excellence in service and community outreach
programs. Their motto is "Esse Quam Videri," Latin for "To Be, Not to Seem to Be."

On the campus of the University of Rio Grande (Ohio) the Fraternal order of Archon
exists. Their brethren are commonly called, “Archons.” The fraterinty has adapted the
Greek letters AXN (alpha chi nu).

ARCHON directory is an on-line database, administered by The National Archives in

the United Kingdom, which contains the contact details of archive repositories in the
UK and elsewhere which hold archival collections relating to British history.

Books
The term is used as the title of rulers in English language fiction, television programs,
and games of the science fiction and fantasy genres. Examples include the Outlanders
series of science fiction novels and the comic book series, The Invisib les, in which
they are generally portrayed according to the authentic Gnostic nature of the term.

In the 1898 utopian novel Ionia, the Ionians are ruled by an archon.

In Italo Calvino's If on a winter's night a traveler, the Archon of Shadow (Arconte

dell'Omb ra) is juxtaposed against the Archangel of Light (Arcangelo della Luce).[17]

In Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, the beings known as Auditors may be related to
Gnostic Archons.

In the book Scar Night, Archons were a race of winged beings that were sent by Ulcis,
the god of chains, out of the Abyss.

In the book Mind Invaders by Dave Hunt, The Archons are nine demonic beings who
pretend to be highly evolved intelligent beings who have come to guide mankind to its

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next evolutionary step.

Jacques Derrida uses "archon" to refer to the guardian and authoritative interpreter of
an archive. For example, Derrida traces the archon to the Greek concept in Archive
Fever: A Freudian Impression (1995, p. 2).

"Archons of Athens!" was the catchphrase of Dr. Gideon Fell, a long-running detective
character created by John Dickson Carr.

In Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy, the Judge shares many aspects of an archon,
though is never explicitly stated as being an archon.

In the Sherrilyn Kenyon book series Dark Hunters, Acheron's father was Archon, king
and ruler of the Atlanteans and Apollites.

In "The Sorceress", the third book in The Secrets of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel
series by Michael Scott, the Archons were a powerful race that predated the Elders.

Movies and television

In the Star Trek episode "The Return of the Archons," the starship Archon crashes on
Beta III. The crew of the USS Enterprise are referred to as Archons, after the crew of the
ill-fated ship.

In the Star Trek: Deep Space Nine episode "Tribunal," a Chief Archon is seen to be a
Judge in a Cardassian court of law, called a Supreme Tribunal.

In Stargate SG-1, Archons are similar to lawyers for the Tollans (an advanced race
living on a planet called Tollana). During Triad (trial), there are three archons, one for
each defendant and a neutral archon, who has a casting vote.

In NX Files, Archons are evolved beings who guide Team Xtreme, the true purpose of
which remains a mystery.

Role-playing games
In the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse, archons are an angelic race indigenous to
Mount Celestia. As of 4th edition, archons are the soldiers of the primordials, mortal
enemies of the gods.

In the World of Darkness, Archons are the chosen servants of the Justicars; both
serving under, to reinforce, the Camarilla sect of Vampires.

In the game Kult, the ten Archons are servitors of the Demiurge. Their task is to keep
humanity imprisoned in the Demiurge's illusion and ignorant of Reality and their true
nature.

Video games

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Warlords Battlecry uses Archons as special powerful troops that can be produced in
towers (as allies) and as a flight unit for one of the races in Warlords Battlecry III.

In the Battletech universe, the heads of state of first the Lyran Commonwealth and later
the Lyran Alliance are known by the title of Archon.

In the science-fiction series StarCraft, archons are powerful psionic entities, formed by
two mentally disciplined Protoss merging their minds and corporeal bodies into
psionic energy. In the games, they serve as heavy assault warriors. A number of
variations of archons can be formed depending on the affiliation of the participants.

In the game Fable, archon was the title of rulers of the Old Kingdom. Ultimately, the last
archon became corrupted by the Sword of Aeons that granted archons the might to
rule.

Archon was a popular 1980s 8-bit computer game where opposing teams of good and
evil characters did battle on a game board similar to a chess board. Archon II: Adept
was the sequel.

In the online game Materia Magica, Archons are the highest level players, subordinate
only to the Immortals (system administrators). Achievement of Archon rank requires
advancement through 240 levels of play and completion of a special quest.

One of the final areas in the video game Xenosaga Episode III: Also sprach Zarathustra
is called the Archon Cathedral. The game is known to use Gnostic and Judeo-
Christian terminology as well as various terms from psychology.

Used as the title for subcommanders of the Council villain group in the MMORPG City
of Heroes and it's expansion/counterpart City of Villains.

In the computer game Lords of Magic (put out by Sierra Entertainment), the Archons
were the human race that adhered to the faith of Order.

In the computer game EVE Online (put out by CCP Games), the Archon is the carrier of
the Amarrian race.

In the computer game NetHack, the Archon is the second most difficult of the
randomly-generated monsters, and is regarded as the best pet.

Archons in RF Online are ten players with the highest Contribution Point (although
Archons must be voted in to be elected), therefore considered as the leader of the race.
Each race has its own Archon players.

In Age of Wonders 2 the Archons are a race who fight for just causes, and preach virtue
and obedience to their subjects. They seldom seek to overrun any kingdom, but
instead seem to appear where they might most likely be overpowered. Still, they
persevere and are fearless in the face of death.

In Spellforce 2, the Archons are an organisation of mages that rule over the dark elves.

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In the game Dragon Age: Origins, The Archon is Head of the Tevinter Imperium.

Music
Folk metal band Eluveitie has a song entitled "Gray Sublime Archon" on their album
"Slania"

Power metal band Blind Guardian has a song entitled "Trial by the Archon" on their
album "Battalions of Fear"

Black metal band Rotting Christ has a song entitled "Archon" on their album "Triarchy
of the Lost Lovers"

Others
In the trading card game Magic: The Gathering, there are cards named Blazing Archon
(http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=blazing_archon) and
Archon of Justice (http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer
/CardDetails.aspx?name=archon_of_justice) , both depicted as powerful humanoids
riding majestic animal steeds through the sky. (The card Cabal Archon
(http://ww2.wizards.com/gatherer/CardDetails.aspx?name=cabal_archon) is not a
member of the creature type Archon, and thus is a rare exception to the game's current
policy on grandfathering.).

In the fantasy webcomic Erfworld, "Charlie's Archons" are powerful flying units. Their
appearance and name are parodies of Charlie's Angels.

Archon is a science fiction and fantasy convention held annually in the Greater St. Louis
area since 1977.

In the strategy game, Warhammer 40,000, the race of Dark Eldar are ruled by Dark
Eldar Lords, which are divided into to classes, the lesser, Dracons, and the greater,
Archons.

References
1. ^ Archive Fever A Freudian Impression- Jacques Derrida
2. ^ Michael Rostovtseff, Greece, passim.
3. ^ Aksum: an African civilisation of late antiquity By Stuart C. Munro-Hay Page 145 ISBN
0748602097
4. ^ Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991), Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University
Press, p. 160, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
5. ^ Kazhdan, Alexander, ed. (1991), Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium, Oxford University
Press, pp. 160–161, ISBN 978-0-19-504652-6
6. ^ Bartusis, Mark C. (1997), The Late Byzantine Army: Arms and Society 1204-1453,
University of Pennsylvania Press, p. 382, ISBN 0812216202
7. ^ Clem. Alex. Stromata, iv. 25, xxv. p. 636: see also his quotation, v. 11, p. 692, of a

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mention of the fifth heaven in apocryphal writings ascribed to Zepbaniah

8. ^ For "feminine names," see Robinson, James M. (1990). "On the Origin of the World,
translated by Hans-Gebhard Bethge and Bentley Layton" (http://www.gnosis.org
/naghamm/origin.html) . The Nag Hammadi Lib rary, revised edition. San Francisco:
HarperCollins. http://www.gnosis.org/naghamm/origin.html. For planets, see
"Gnosticism" (http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Catholic_Encyclopedia_(1913)/Gnosticism)
. Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company. 1913.
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9. ^ "Moreover, they distribute the prophets in the following manner.... Each one of these,
then, glorifies his own father and God, and they maintain that Sophia, herself has also
spoken many things through them regarding the first Anthropos (man), and concerning
that Christ who is above, thus admonishing and reminding men of the incorruptible
light, the first Anthropos, and of the descent of Christ." (Irenaeus i. 30
(http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0103130.htm) )
10. ^ Schmidt, Koptisch-gnostische Schriften, p. 234 seq. These ideas may possibly be
traced still further back, and perhaps even underlie St Paul's exposition in Colossians
2:15 (http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=%20Colossians&verse=2:15&src=!) .
11. ^ Cf. chiefly Genza, in Tractat 6 and 8; W. Brandt, Manddische Schriften, 125 seq. and
137 seq.; Mandaische Religion, 34 seq., &c.
12. ^ F. C. Baur, Das manichdische Religionssystem, v. 65
13. ^ Zimmern, Keilinschriften in dem alien Testament, ii. p. 620 seq.; cf. particularly
Diodorus ii. 30.
14. ^ Cf. the great work of Daniel Chwolsohn, Die Ssab ier u. der Ssab ismus.
15. ^ Cf. similar ideas in the Arabic treatise on Persian religion Ulema-iIslam, Vullers,
Fragmente fib er die Religion Zoroasters, p. 49, and in other later sources for Persian
religion, put together in Spiegel, Eranische Altertumskunde, Bd. ii. p. 180.
16. ^ De Mon. i. 1, p. 213; cited by Hilgenfeld, Apost. Vater, 252 q. v.
17. ^ Italo Calvino (1979), If on a winter's night a traveler (Se una notte d'inverno un
viaggiatore), translated by William Weaver (Harcourt, 1981), p. 129. ISBN
0-15-643961-1

Bibliography
A Greek-English Lexicon (AKA Liddell and Scott), ISBN 0-19-864226-1
The Oxford Companion to Classical Literature, ISBN 0-19-866121-5.
"Gnosticism". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). 1911.
"Gnosticism" in the 1913 Catholic Encyclopedia.
This article uses text from A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and
Doctrines, Being a Continuation of "The Dictionary of the Bible" b y William Smith and
Henry Wace.
Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate (http://www.archons.patriarchate.org/)
Dark Mirrors of Heaven: Gnostic Cosmogony (http://www.timelessmyths.com/mirrors
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