ΑΒΡΑΣΑΞ, which is far more common in the sources than the variant form Abraxas, ΑΒΡΑΞΑΣ ) was a word of mystic meaning in the system of the Gnostic Basilides, being there applied to the “ Great Archon ” ( Gk., megas archōn ), the princeps of the 365 spheres ( Gk., ouranoi ).

It will soon be merged with Archon, which is ambiguous as to its OAI support.

But it is only the name that can be said to be specially Valentinian ; the personage intended by it corresponds more or less closely with the Yaldabaoth of the Ophites, the great Archon of Basilides, the Elohim of Justinus, etc.

He is replaced by Harops, elected Archon for a ten-year term.

* 558 BC — Hegesias is removed as Archon of Athens.

* 993 BC: Archippus, Archon of Athens dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Thersippus.

* 922 BC: Phorbas, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Megacles.

* 1012 BC — Acastus, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 36 years and is succeeded by his son Archippus.

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He is replaced by Harops, elected Archon for a ten-year term.

* 797 BC — Thespieus, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 27 years and is succeeded by his son Agamestor.

* 922 BC — Phorbas, Archon of Athens, dies after a reign of 30 years and is succeeded by his son Megacles.

* 993 BC — Archippus, Archon of Athens dies after a reign of 19 years and is succeeded by his son Thersippus.

Arrian left Cappadocia shortly before the death of his patron Hadrian, in 138, and there is no evidence for any further public appointments until 145 / 6 when he was elected Archon at Athens, once the city's leading political post but by this time an honorary one.

This Archon status is not part of the Church hierarchy and is purely honorary.

It is the sworn oath of the Archon to defend and promote the Orthodox Church faith and tradition.

Authadia ( Authades ), or Audacity, is the obvious description of Yaldabaoth, the presumptuous Demiurge, who is lion-faced as the Archon Authadia.

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 ).

Archon: The Light and the Dark is a video game developed by Free Fall Associates and distributed by Electronic Arts.

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 Eponymos archon ( Ἐπώνυμος ἄρχων ; the " name " ruler, who gave his name to the year in which he held office ), the Polemarch (" war ruler "), and the Archon Basileus (" king ruler ").

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.

Free Fall Associates developed a DOS game Archon Ultra, released by Strategic Simulations, Inc. in 1994.

Another rewrite of the game, Archon: Evolution, was developed by Curve Software.

React Games was founded by Chad Lee, who had worked on the non-commercial version of the game, Archon Evolution.

Archon: Classic for Windows was released in May 2010 by React Games.

It was designed by Paul Reiche III and featured a similar style of strategy and combat as Archon.

An unofficial sequel, Archon III: Exciter, was produced by unknown Archon fans for the Commodore 64 in 1985.

Shortly afterwards, Theodora was accused of plotting to usurp the throne, firstly with Presian of Bulgaria, followed by Constantine Diogenes, the Archon of Sirmium in 1031.

* Archon ( 1983 ) and Archon II: Adept ( 1984 ) by Free Fall Associates

From time to time, laity of the Orthodox Church in communion with the Patriarch of Constantinople have been granted the title of Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate to honor their service to Church administration.

Sarbanes holds the highest lay office in the Greek Orthodox Church, " Order of St. Andrew, Archon of the Ecumenical Patriarchate " and is a member of the Greek Orthodox Cathedral of the Annunciation in Baltimore.

Strategic Intelligence for American Foreign Policy ( Hamden, CT: Archon, 1965 )

The head of the powerful, but exiled ( according to Herodotus only-the fragmentary Archon List for 525 / 4 shows a Cleisthenes, an Alcmaeonid, holding office in Athens during this period ), Alcmaeonid family, Cleisthenes, began to scheme to overthrow Hippias and return to Athens.

On the back of his popularity, he evidently decided to run for this office and was elected Archon Eponymous, the highest government office in the following year ( 493 BC ).

Shortly after Philip II of Macedon was appointed Archon of Thessaly, and Thessaly was thereafter associated with the Macedonian Kingdom for the next centuries.

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 some civic religious arrangements, and for the supervision of some major trials in the law courts.

Science-fiction author Orson Scott Card reviewed Archon for COMPUTE!

A follow-up title Archon: Conquest from React Games was released in September 2009 for the iPhone.

Hippocleides ( Ἱπποκλείδης ), the son of Teisander ( Τείσανδρος ), was an Athenian nobleman, who served as Eponymous Archon for the year 566 BC – 565 BC.

* Briton C. Busch, Hardinge of Penshurst: a study of the old diplomacy, Hamden, Conn .: Published for the Conference on British Studies and Indiana University at South Bend by Archon Books, 1980.

Reiche had previously worked with designers Jon Freeman and Anne Westfall of Free Fall Associates on the game Archon for EA, and teamed with the Robinsons on action-strategy games.

Upon its release in 1984, Archon was an enormous hit and EA asked for a sequel.

Freeman and Westfall went on to develop a few more games, such as Swords of Twilight ( 1989 ) for the Amiga and Archon Ultra ( 1994 ).

* In Series Stargate SG-1, an Archon is similar to an attorney for Tollans during a trial, they call Triad.

Archon II: Adept is a 1984 computer game developed by Jon Freeman, Paul Reiche III and Anne Westfall, and distributed by Electronic Arts ( and Ariolasoft in Europe ) for various platforms.

It was then sold to the Archon Group ( also of Dallas ), who put the mall up for sale again in 2000.