Disambiguation Archon

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

Archon may also refer to:

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

• 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
• Archon II: Adept, a video game from 1984
• 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
• Archon, a playable character from the mobile game Crusaders Quest
• In the video game Genshin Impact, "archon" refers to the head god or divine ruler of each of the seven countries in the world of Teyvat

• Archon of Pella, a satrap of Babylonia and one of the Diadochi
• Archon of Aegeira, an Achaean statesman in the 2nd century BCE

• Archon, Aisne, a commune in northern France
• 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 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
• Archon, an object classification in the SCP Foundation storytelling project

• Archons of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, an award of merit bestowed by the Patriarch of Constantinople
• Archaeon, a domain of single-celled microorganisms
• Archonta, a (possibly obsolete) category of mammals including primates and bats