Archon of Athens
This is a list of the eponymous archons of Athens.
Background
The
After 508 BC the offices were held for only a single year, and the year was named after the
archon eponymous. The archon eponymous was the chief archon, and presided over meetings of the
One of the archons oversaw the procedure for
In the following list of Archons, years where the name of the archon is unknown are identified as such. Years listed as "anarchy" mean that there was literally "no archon". There are various conflicting reconstructions of lists; sources for this list are given at the end. Note that the term of an archon covered two of our years, beginning in the spring or summer and continuing into the next spring or summer. The polemarch or strategoi, basileus, and thesmothetai (the six assistants to the archons) are also listed, where known.
Life archons
The later Athenian tradition varies on the exact position of this line; they held archonship for life, and exercised the sacral powers of kingship, as did the archon basileus later. The historicity of any of this list may be reasonably doubted. [citation needed]
Medon 1068- 1048 BC.- Acastus 1048 -
1012 BC . - Archippus
1012 -993 BC . - Thersippus
993 -952 BC . Phorbas 952 - 922 BC.Megacles 922- 892 BC.- Diognetus 892-
864 BC . - Pherecles
864 -845 BC . - Ariphron
845 -825 BC . - Thespieus
824 -797 BC . - Agamestor
796 -778 BC . - Aeschylus
778 -755 BC . Alcmaeon 755 -753 BC .
Decennial archons
In
| Charops | |
| 743 BC- |
Aesimides |
| Clidicus | |
| 723 BC- |
Hippomenes |
| Leocrates | |
| 703 BC-693 BC | Apsander |
| 693 BC- |
Eryxias |
Annual archons
After 683 BC the archonship was limited to one year. Archons were chosen from the
| Year | Eponymous Archon | Other officials or notable events |
|---|---|---|
| Lysiades | ||
| Tlisias | ||
| 679 BC-671 BC | Unknown | |
| 671 BC-670 BC | Leostratus | |
| 670 BC-669 BC | Unknown | |
| Pisistratus | ||
| Autosthenes | ||
| 667 BC-664 BC | Unknown | |
| Miltiades | ||
| 663 BC-659 BC | Unknown | |
| 659 BC-658 BC | Miltiades | |
| 658 BC-645 BC | Unknown | |
| Dropides | ||
| 644 BC-639 BC | Unknown | |
| 639 BC-638 BC | Damasias | |
| 638 BC-634 BC | Unknown | |
| 634 BC-633 BC | Epaenetus | |
| 633 BC-632 BC | Unknown | |
| 632 BC-631 BC | ||
| 631 BC-624 BC | Unknown | |
| Aristaechmus | ||
| 623 BC-621 BC | Unknown | |
| Draco | Draco reforms the legal code | |
| 620 BC-615 BC | Unknown | |
| 615 BC-614 BC | Heniochides | |
| 614 BC-605 BC | Unknown | |
| Aristocles | ||
| 604 BC-600 BC | Unknown | |
| Critias | ||
| 599 BC-597 BC | Unknown | |
| Cypselus | ||
| Telecles | ||
| Philombrotus | ||
| Solon reforms Draco's code, then leaves Athens, resulting in weak archons and |
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| Dropides | ||
| Eucrates | ||
| Simon | ||
| anarchy | ||
| 589 BC-588 BC | Phormion | |
| 588 BC-587 BC | Philippus | |
| 587 BC-586 BC | Unknown | |
| 586 BC-585 BC | anarchy | |
| 585 BC-582 BC | Unknown | |
| 582 BC-581 BC | Damasias | |
| 581 BC-580 BC | Damasias | Damasias is expelled during his second term |
| 580 BC- |
anarchy | Committee of 10 men serves jointly as archons |
| anarchy | ||
| 578 BC-577 BC | Unknown | |
| Archestratidas | ||
| 576 BC-570 BC | Unknown | |
| Aristomenes | ||
| 569 BC-566 BC | Unknown | |
| 566 BC-565 BC | ||
| 565 BC-561 BC | Unknown | |
| 561 BC-560 BC | Comeas | |
| 560 BC- |
Hegestratus | |
| Hegesias | ||
| 559 BC-556 BC | Unknown | |
| Hegesias | ||
| Euthidemus | ||
| 554 BC-548 BC | Unknown | |
| 548 BC-547 BC | Erxicleides | |
| 547 BC-546 BC | Thespius | |
| 546 BC-545 BC | Phormion | |
| 545 BC-535 BC | Unknown | |
| Phrynaeus | ||
| 535 BC-533 BC | Unknown | |
| Thericles | ||
| 532 BC-528 BC | Unknown | |
| 528 BC-527 BC | Philoneus | Hippias and |
| 527 BC-526 BC | Onetorides | |
| 526 BC-525 BC | Hippias | |
| 525 BC-524 BC | ||
| 524 BC-523 BC | ||
| 523 BC-522 BC | Calliades | |
| 522 BC-521 BC | Pisistratus | |
| 521 BC-518 BC | Unknown | |
| Hebron | ||
| 517 BC-511 BC | Unknown | |
| Harpactides | Hippias overthrown | |
| Scamandrius | ||
| 509 BC-508 BC | Lysagoras | |
| 508 BC-507 BC | ||
| 507 BC-506 BC | Alcmeon | |
| 506 BC-504 BC | Unknown | |
| 504 BC-503 BC | Acestorides | |
| 503 BC-501 BC | Unknown | |
| 501 BC-500 BC | Hermocreon | |
| 500 BC-499 BC | Smyrus | |
| 499 BC- |
Lacratides | |
| 498 BC-497 BC | Unknown | |
| 497 BC- |
Archias | |
| Hipparchus | ||
| 495 BC- |
Philippus | |
| Pythocritus | ||
| 493 BC- |
Themistocles | Themistocles begins to build the Athenian navy |
| Diognetus | ||
| 491 BC- |
Hybrilides | |
| Phaenippus | ||
| Aristides the Just | ||
| 488 BC- |
Agchises | |
| Telesinus | ||
| 486 BC- |
Ceures | |
| Philocrates | ||
| 484 BC- |
Leostratus | |
| Nicodemus | ||
| 482 BC-481 BC | Unknown | |
| Hypsichides | ||
| 480 BC-479 BC | Calliades | |
| 479 BC- |
Xanthippus | Father of |
| Timosthenes | ||
| 477 BC- |
Adimandus | |
| Phaedon | ||
| 475 BC- |
Dromoclides | |
| Acestorides | ||
| 473 BC- |
Menon | |
| Hares | ||
| 471 BC- |
Praxiergus | |
| Demotion | ||
| Apsiphion | ||
| 468 BC- |
Theagenides | |
| Lysistratus | ||
| 466 BC- |
Lysanias | |
| Lysitheus | Sophanes is a strategos | |
| 464 BC- |
Archedimides | |
| Tlipolemus | Cimon is a strategos | |
| 462 BC- |
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| Euthippus | ||
| 460 BC-459 BC | Phrasicles | War with Sparta, the |
| 459 BC- |
Philocles | Phrynicus, Dicaeogenes and Hippodamas are strategoi |
| Hebron | ||
| 457 BC- |
Mnisitheides | |
| Callias | ||
| 455 BC- |
Sosistratus | |
| Ariston | ||
| 453 BC- |
Lysicrates | |
| Chaerephanes | ||
| 451 BC- |
Andidotus | Anaxicrates and Cimon are strategoi |
| Euthydemus | ||
| Pedieus | ||
| 448 BC- |
Philiscus | |
| Timarchides | ||
| 446 BC- |
Callimachus | |
| Lysimachides | Peace between Athens and Sparta | |
| 444 BC- |
Praxiteles | |
| Lysanias | ||
| 442 BC- |
Diphilus | |
| Timocles | ||
| 440 BC-439 BC | Morychides | |
| 439 BC- |
Glaucinus | |
| Theodorus | ||
| 437 BC- |
Ephthymenes | |
| Lysimachus | ||
| 435 BC- |
Andiochides | |
| Crates | ||
| 433 BC- |
Apseudes | |
| Pythodorus | Peloponnesian War begins; |
|
| 431 BC- |
Euthydemus | |
| Apollodorus | ||
| Epameinon | Phormio is a strategos | |
| 428 BC- |
Diotemus | |
| Eucles | ||
| 426 BC- |
Euthynus | |
| Stratocles | ||
| 424 BC- |
Isarchus | |
| Aminias | ||
| 422 BC- |
Alcaeus | |
| Aristion | ||
| 420 BC-419 BC | Astyphilus | |
| 419 BC- |
Archias | |
| Andiphon | ||
| 417 BC- |
Euphemus | Beginning of the Syracusan Expedition |
| Arimnistus | ||
| 415 BC- |
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| Tisandrus | Lamachus is a strategos | |
| 413 BC- |
Cleocritus | Eurymedon, |
| Callias Scambonides | ||
| 411 BC- |
Mnasilochus (died); Theopompus | Simichus and Aristarchus are strategoi |
| Glaucippus | ||
| Diocles | Anytus is a strategos | |
| 408 BC- |
Euctimon | |
| Andigenes | ||
| 406 BC- |
Callias Angelides | Archestratus, Thrasylus, Pericles, Lysias, Diomedon, Aristocrates, Erasinides, Protomachus, and Aristogenes are strategoi |
| Alexias | Adeimantus, Eucrates, Philocles, Menandrus, Tydeus, and Cephisodotus are strategoi | |
| 404 BC- |
Pythodorus | |
| Thirty Tyrants expelled, democracy reestablished. | ||
| 402 BC- |
Micon | |
| Xenaenetus | ||
| 400 BC- |
Laches | |
| Aristocrates | Trial and death of Socrates | |
| 398 BC- |
Euthycles | |
| Souniades | ||
| 396 BC- |
Phormion | |
| Diophandus | Athens joins the Corinthian War against Sparta | |
| 394 BC- |
Ebulides | |
| Demostratus | Adeimantus is a strategos | |
| 392 BC- |
Philocles | |
| Nicoteles | ||
| 390 BC-389 BC | Demostratus | Thrasybulus and Ergocles are strategoi |
| 389 BC- |
Antipatrus | Agyrrhius and Pamphilus are strategoi |
| Pyrgion | Thrasybulus and Dionysius are strategoi | |
| 387 BC- |
Theodotus | |
| Mystichides | The Corinthian War ends with the |
|
| 385 BC- |
Dexitheus | |
| Dietrephes | ||
| 383 BC- |
Phanostratus | |
| Evandrus | ||
| 381 BC- |
Demophilus | |
| Pytheas | ||
| Nicon | Renewed war with Sparta | |
| 378 BC- |
Nausinicus | |
| Calleas | ||
| 376 BC- |
Charisandrus | Cedon is a strategos |
| Hippodamas | ||
| 374 BC- |
Socratides | |
| Asteius | Iphicrates, Callistratus, Chabrias, and Timotheus are strategoi | |
| 372 BC- |
Alcisthenes | |
| Phrasicleides | Peace with Sparta. The Spartans are defeated by the Thebans at the |
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| 370 BC-369 BC | Dyscinitus | |
| 369 BC- |
Lysistratus | |
| Nausigenes | ||
| 367 BC- |
Polyzelus | |
| Ciphisodorus | Chabrias is a strategos | |
| 365 BC- |
Chion | Iphicrates is a strategos |
| Timocrates | ||
| 363 BC- |
Charicleides | Ergophilus and Callisthenes are strategoi |
| Molon | Leosthenes and Autocles are strategoi; Athens and Sparta are defeated by the Thebans at
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| 361 BC- |
Nicophemus | Timomachus is a strategos |
| Callimides | Menon, Timotheus, and Cephisodotus are strategoi | |
| Eucharistus | ||
| 358 BC- |
Ciphisodotus | |
| Agathocles | Chabrias is a strategos | |
| 356 BC- |
Elpines | Iphicrates, Timotheus, and Menestheus are strategoi |
| Callistratus | ||
| 354 BC- |
Diotemus | |
| Thudemus | ||
| 352 BC- |
Aristodemus | |
| Theellus | Theogenes is Basileus (possibly) | |
| 350 BC-349 BC | Apollodorus | |
| 349 BC- |
Callimachus | Hegesileus is a strategos |
| Theophilus | ||
| 347 BC- |
Themistocles | Proxenus is a strategos |
| Archias | ||
| 345 BC- |
Ebulus | |
| Lyciscus | Phocion is a strategos | |
| 343 BC- |
Pythodotus | |
| Sosigenes | ||
| 341 BC- |
Nicomachus | |
| Theophrastus | Phocion is a strategos | |
| Lysimachides | Phocion is a strategos, and is defeated by Philip of Macedon | |
| 338 BC- |
Xaerondas | Lysicles is a strategos |
| Phrynichus | ||
| 336 BC- |
Pythodilus | |
| Evaenetus | ||
| 334 BC- |
Ctisicles | |
| Nicocrates | ||
| 332 BC- |
Nicites | |
| Aristophanes | ||
| 330 BC-329 BC | Aristophon | |
| 329 BC- |
Ciphisophon | |
| Euthicritus | ||
| 327 BC- |
Hegemon | |
| Chremes | ||
| 325 BC- |
Andicles | Philocles is a strategos |
| Hegesias | ||
| 323 BC- |
Ciphisodorus | Phocion and Leosthenes are strategoi; The |
| Philocles | ||
| 321 BC- |
Archippus | |
| Neaechmus | ||
| Apollodorus | ||
| 318 BC- |
Archippus | |
| Demogenes | Demetrius Phalereus installed by the Macedonian regent Cassander as Governor. | |
| 316 BC- |
Democleides | |
| Praxibulus | ||
| 314 BC- |
Nicodorus | |
| Theophrastus | ||
| 312 BC- |
Polemon | |
| Simonides | ||
| 310 BC-309 BC | Hieromnemon | |
| 309 BC- |
Demetrius | |
| Charinus | ||
| 307 BC- |
Anaxicrates | Lysias is a thesmothete; Demetrius Phalereus is expelled when Demetrius I Poliorcetes captures the city from Cassander. |
| Coroebus | Pamphilus is a thesmothete | |
| 305 BC- |
Euxenippus | Autolycus is a thesmothete |
| Pherecles | Epicharinus is a thesmothete | |
| 303 BC- |
Leostratus | Diophantus is a thesmothete |
| Nicocles | Nicon is a thesmothete | |
| 301 BC- |
Clearchus | Mnesarchus is a thesmothete |
| Hegemachus | ||
| 299 BC- |
Euctemon | Theophilus is a thesmothete |
| Mnesidemus | ||
| 297 BC- |
Antiphates | |
| Nicias | Anticrates is a thesmothete | |
| 295 BC- |
Nicostratus | Dorotheus is a thesmothete |
| Olympiodorus | Thrasycles is a thesmothete | |
| 293 BC- |
Olympiodorus | Epicurus is a thesmothete |
| Philippus | ||
| 291 BC- |
Cimon | |
| Aristonymus | ||
| Charinus (?) | ||
| 288 BC- |
Xenophon (?) | |
| Diocles | Xenophon is a thesmothete | |
| 286 BC- |
Diotimus | Lysistratus is a thesmothete |
| Isaeus | ||
| 284 BC- |
Euthius | Nausimenes is a thesmothete |
| Nicias | Theophilus is a thesmothete | |
| 282 BC- |
Ourius | Euxenus is a thesmothete |
| Gorgias | ||
| 280 BC-279 BC | Sosistratus (?) | |
| 279 BC- |
Anaxicrates | |
| Democles | ||
| 277 BC- |
Euboulus (?) | |
| Olbius | Cydias is a thesmothete | |
| 275 BC- |
Philippides (?) | |
| Glaucippus | Euthonius is a thesmothete | |
| 273 BC-272 BC | Unknown | |
| Telocles (?) | ||
| 271 BC- |
Pytharatus | |
| Peithidemus | Cleigenes is a thesmothete | |
| Diogeiton | Theodotus is a thesmothete | |
| 268 BC- |
Menecles | Theodorus is a thesmothete |
| Nicias | Isocrates is a thesmothete; The Chremonidean War against Macedon begins | |
| 266 BC- |
Hagnias (?) | Potamon is a thesmothete |
| Philocrates | Hegesippus is a thesmothete | |
| 264 BC- |
Diognetus | |
| Antipatrus | ||
| 262 BC- |
Arrheneides | |
| Cleomachus | Aphthonetus is a thesmothete; Athens is captured by |
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| 260 BC-259 BC | Polystratus (?) | |
| 259 BC-258 BC | Unknown | |
| Antiphon (?) | ||
| 257 BC- |
Thymochares (?) | Sostratus is a thesmothete |
| Alcibiades (?) | ||
| 255 BC- |
Euboulus | |
| Philostratus (?) | ||
| 253 BC- |
Lysitheides (?) | |
| Lyceas (?) | ||
| 251 BC- |
Callimedes | Callias is a thesmothete |
| Antimachus | Chaerigenes | |
| Thersilochus | Diodotus is a thesmothete | |
| 248 BC- |
Polyeuctus | Chaerephon is a thesmothete |
| Hieron | Phaenylus is a thesmothete | |
| 246 BC- |
Diomedon | Phoryscides is a thesmothete |
| Theophemus | Procles is a thesmothete | |
| 244 BC- |
Philoneus | |
| Cydenor | ||
| 242 BC- |
Eurycleides | |
| Lysiades | Aristomachus is a thesmothete | |
| 240 BC-239 BC | Athenodorus | Arcetus is a thesmothete |
| 239 BC- |
Lysias | |
| Pheidostratus | ||
| 237 BC- |
Cimon | |
| Ecphantus | ||
| 235 BC- |
Lysanias | Eumelus is a thesmothete |
| Phanostratus (?) | ||
| 233 BC-232 BC | Unknown | |
| Jason | ||
| 231 BC-230 BC | Unknown | |
| Phanomachus (?) | ||
| Heliodorus | Charias is a thesmothete | |
| 228 BC- |
Leochares | Theocrisius is a thesmothete |
| Theophilus | Philippus is a thesmothete | |
| 226 BC- |
Ergochares | Zoilus is a thesmothete |
| Nicetes | ||
| 224 BC- |
Antiphilus | |
| 223 BC-222 BC | Unknown | |
| 222 BC- |
Archelaus | Moschus is a thesmothete |
| Thrasyphon | ||
| 220 BC-219 BC | Menecrates | |
| 219 BC- |
Chaerephon | |
| Callimachus (?) | Aristoteles is a thesmothete | |
| 217 BC-216 BC | Unknown | |
| Hagnias | Potamon | |
| 215 BC- |
Diocles | Aristophanes is a thesmothete |
| Euphiletus | ||
| 213 BC- |
Heracleitus | |
| Philinus (?) | ||
| 211 BC- |
Aeschron | |
| 210 BC-209 BC | Unknown | |
| Callaeschrus | Archicles is a thesmothete | |
| 208 BC- |
Ancylus (?) | |
| Pantiades (?) | ||
| 206 BC- |
Callistratus (?) | Hagnonides is a thesmothete |
| Euandrus (?) | ||
| 204 BC- |
Apollodorus | |
| Proxenides | Euboulus is a thesmothete | |
| 202 BC- |
Euthycritus (?) | |
| Nicophon (?) | ||
| 200 BC- |
Dionysius (?) | |
| Philon (?) | ||
| 198 BC- |
Diodotus | |
| Sositeles | ||
| 196 BC- |
Charicles | Aeschrion is a thesmothete |
| 195 BC-193 BC | Unknown | |
| Phanarchides | ||
| 192 BC- |
Diodotus | Procles is a thesmothete |
| 191 BC-190 BC | Unknown | Cephalus is a thesmothete |
| 190 BC-189 BC | Hippias (?) | Theodosius is possibly a thesmothete |
| 189 BC- |
Isocrates (?) | |
| Symmachus | Archicles is a thesmothete | |
| 187 BC- |
Theoxenus | Bioteles is possibly a thesmothete |
| Zopyrus | Megaristus is a thesmothete | |
| 185 BC- |
Eupolemus | Stratonicus is a thesmothete |
| Sosigenes (?) | ||
| 183 BC- |
Hermogenes | |
| Timesianax | ||
| 181 BC- |
Telesarchides | |
| Dionysius (?) | Jason is a thesmothete | |
| Menedemus | ||
| 178 BC- |
Philon | Philistion is a thesmothete |
| Speusippus | ||
| 176 BC- |
Hippacus | |
| Sonicus | Pausanias is a thesmothete | |
| 174 BC-173 BC | Unknown | |
| Alexandrus (?) | ||
| 172 BC- |
Sosigenes | |
| Antigenes | Sosandrus is a thesmothete | |
| 170 BC-169 BC | Unknown | |
| 169 BC- |
Eunicus | Hieronymus is a thesmothete |
| Xenocles | Sthenedemus is a thesmothete | |
| 167 BC- |
Nicosthenes (?) | |
| Achaeus | Heracleon is a thesmothete | |
| 165 BC- |
Pelops | Dionysicles is a thesmothete |
| Charias (?) | ||
| 163 BC- |
Erastus | Demetrius is a thesmothete |
| Poseidonius | ||
| 161 BC- |
Aristolas | |
| Tychandrus | Sosigenes is a thesmothete | |
| Diocles (?) | Dionysodorus is a thesmothete | |
| 158 BC- |
Aristaechmus | |
| Anthesterius | ||
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