Archon
Ἄρχων
(Ἄρχων).
1. The Pellaean, appointed satrap of Babylonia after the death of Alexander, B. C. 323 (Justin, 13.4; Diod. 18.3), is probably the same as the son of Cleinias mentioned in the Indian expedition of Alexander. (Arrian, Ind. chap. 18.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.