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archon
Sign in to savethumb|260x260px|Fragmentary inscription bearing the names of six city archons (politarchs), 2nd century BC, Archaeological Museum of Pella Archon (, plural: , árchontes) is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem , meaning "to be first, to rule" (see also "beginning, origin"), derived from the same root as words such as monarch and hierarchy.
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thumb|260x260px|Fragmentary inscription bearing the names of six city archons (politarchs), 2nd century BC, Archaeological Museum of Pella Archon (, plural: , árchontes) is a Greek word that means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office. It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem , meaning "to be first, to rule" (see also "beginning, origin"), derived from the same root as words such as monarch and hierarchy.
==Ancient Greece== In the early literary period of ancient Greece, the chief magistrates of various Greek city states were called archontes. 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".