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Aristides
Aristides , d. c.468 BC, Athenian statesman and general. He was one of the 10 generals who commanded the Athenians at the battle of Marathon (490 BC) and in the next year became chief archon. In 483 he was ostracized because he opposed the naval policy of Themistocles. However, in 480 Aristides foug... Read more
demiurge
demiurge [Gr.,=workman, craftsman], name given by Plato in a mythological passage in the Timaeus to the creator God. In Gnosticism the Demiurge, creator of the material world, was not God but the Archon, or chief of the lowest order of spirits or aeons. According to the Gnostics, the Demiurge w... Read more
Areopagus
Areopagus [Gr.,=hill of Ares], rocky hill, 370 ft (113 m) high, NW of the Acropolis of Athens, famous as the sacred meeting place of the prime council of Athens. This council, also called the Areopagus, represented the ancient council of elders, which usually combined judicial and legislative funct... Read more
Solon
Solon , c.639-c.559 BC, Athenian statesman, lawgiver, and reformer. He was also a poet, and some of his patriotic verse in the Ionic dialect is extant. At some time (perhaps c.600 BC) he led the Athenians in the recapture of Salamis from the Megarians. He was elected chief archon in 594 at a time ... Read more
Themistocles
Themistocles , c.525-462 BC, Athenian statesman and naval commander. He was elected one of the three archons in 493 BC In succeeding years many of his rivals were eliminated by ostracism and he became the chief figure of Athenian politics. He persuaded the Athenians to build up their navy, fores... Read more
Gnosticism
Gnosticism , dualistic religious and philosophical movement of the late Hellenistic and early Christian eras. The term designates a wide assortment of sects, numerous by the 2d cent. AD; they all promised salvation through an occult knowledge that they claimed was revealed to them alone. Scholars tr... Read more
Athens
Athens , Gr. Athínai, city (1991 pop. 2,907,179; 1991 urban agglomeration pop. 3,072,922), capital of Greece, E central Greece, on the plain of Attica, between the Kifisós and Ilissus rivers, near the Saronic Gulf. Mt. Aigáleos (1,534 ft/468 m), Mt. Parnis (4,633 ft/1,412 m), ... Read more
calendar
calendar [Lat., from Kalends], system of reckoning time for the practical purpose of recording past events and calculating dates for future plans. The calendar is based on noting ordinary and easily observable natural events, the cycle of the sun through the seasons with equinox and solstice , a... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "Archon"

archons
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Athens there were three archons: the archon eponymos (so called because the year...the chief officer of the state; the archon basileus, who was primarily connected with sacred rites; and the archon polemarchos (the polemarch, or military...
Isaiah Bowman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Sciences Biographical Memoirs, vol. 33 (1959), for the main events of his life and comments on his career. Additional Sources Martin, Geoffrey J., The life and thought of Isaiah Bowman, Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1980. □
Thomas Robert Bugeaud de la Piconnerie
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Movement in France, 1815-71 (1952). Additional Sources Sullivan, Antony Thrall, Thomas-Robert Bugeaud, France and Algeria, 1784-1849: politics, power, and the good society, Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1983. □
Hanna, Marcus Alonzo
Encyclopedia entry from: Gale Encyclopedia of U.S. Economic History ...New York: A. A. Knopf, 1929. Croly, Herbert David. Marcus Alonzo Hanna: His Life and Work . Hamden, Connecticut: Archon Books, 1965. Garraty, John A., and Jerome L. Sterstein, eds. Encyclopedia of American Biography , 2nd edition. New...
Owen, Robert (1771-1858)
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...London: Trubner, 1871. — — . Footfalls on the Boundaries of Another World. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1860. — — . The Life of Robert Owen. 2 vols. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1966.
Psychology
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology ...1974. McCreery, Charles. Science, Philosophy, and ESP. London: Faber & Faber, 1967. Reprint, Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books,1968. Mitchell, T. W. Medical Psychology and Psychical Research. London: Methuen, 1922. Myers, F. W. H...
Nast, Thomas
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences ...ALSO ; ; Fischer, Roger A. 1996. Them Damned Pictures: Exploration in American Political Cartoon Art. North Haven, CT: Archon Book. Keller, Morton. 1975. The Art and Politics of Thomas Nast . New York: Oxford University Press. Paine, Albert Bigelow...
George Crabbe
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...series. Additional Sources Bareham, Tony, A bibliography of George Crabbe, Folkestone, Eng.: Dawson; Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1978. Crabbe, George, Selected journals and letters of George Crabbe, Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford...
Artemus Ward
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Additional Sources Pullen, John J., Comic relief: the life and laughter of Artemus Ward, 1834-1867, Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1983. Seitz, Don Carlos, Artemus Ward (Charles Farrar Browne); a biography and bibliography, New York, Beekman...
Berlin, Congress of
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Russian History ...Diplomatic History of the Near East Settlement, 1878 – 1880, 2nd ed. London: Frank Cass. Sumner, Benedict Humphrey. (1962). Russia and the Balkans, 1870 – 1880, reprint ed. Hamden, CT: Archon. David M. Goldfrank

Dictionary entries related to "Archon"

archon
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable archon the chief magistrate, or, after the time of Solon , each of the nine chief magistrates, of ancient Athens. Recorded from the late 16th century, the word comes from Greek arkhōn ‘ruler’.
New Haven Colony
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...BIBLIOGRAPHY Calder, Isabel. The New Haven Colony. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1934. Reprint, Hamden, Conn.: Archon, 1970. Taylor, Robert J. Colonial Connecticut. Millwood, N.Y.: KTO Press, 1979. Works Progress Administration...
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Blue Water Navy: The Formative Years of America's Military-Industrial Complex, 1881 – 1917. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1979. Kilmarx, Robert A., ed. America's Maritime Legacy: A History of the U.S. Merchant Marine and Shipbuilding...
Forty-Niners
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Museum of California and University of California Press, 1999. Levy, JoAnn. They Saw the Elephant: Women in the California Gold Rush. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1990. Cecelia Holland See also California ; Gold Rush, California .
Iceland, U.S. Forces in
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...BIBLIOGRAPHY Bittner, Donald F. The Lion and the White Falcon: Britain and Iceland in the World War II Era. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1983. Neuchterlein, Donald E. Iceland, Reluctant Ally. Ithaca, N.Y.: Cornell University Press, 1961. John...
Meton
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography ...adopted by any Greek state. Instead, each intercalation was determined by the decision of a magistrate (probably the eponymous archon at Athens) or an official body. In constructing his nineteen-year cycle Meton used the fact (known before his time) that...
draconic
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology draconic, Draconic A. pert. to a dragon XVII; B. pert. to Draco (archon at Athens 621 B.C.) or his severe code of laws XVIII. f. L. dracō , -ōn- DRAGON or the proper name...
Webster's Blue-Backed Speller
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...dictionary. BIBLIOGRAPHY Monaghan, E. Jennifer. A Common Heritage: Noah Webster's Blue-Backed Speller. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1983. Snyder, K. Alan. Defining Noah Webster: Mind and Morals in the Early Republic. Lanham, Md.: University...
Ironclad Warships
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...in the Red River, 3 June 1865. BIBLIOGRAPHY Baxter, James P. The Introduction of the Ironclad Warship. Hamden, Conn.: Archon Books, 1968 (orig. pub. 1933). Still, William N., Jr. Iron Afloat: The Story of the Confederate Armorclads. Nashville...
Mohegan
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History ...Smithsonian Institution, 1978. DeForest, John W. History of the Indians of Connecticut from the Earliest Known Period to 1850. Hamden, Conn.: Archon, 1964. Originally published in 1851. Jack Campisi See also Tribes: Northeastern .

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PREMIERE RADIO AND ARCHON COMMUNICATIONS SIGN DEFINITIVE FUNDING AGREEMENT
PR Newswire; 1/19/1995; 700+ words ; ...Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRNI) and Archon Communications Inc. announced today that...signed a definitive agreement under which Archon will provide Premiere Radio with $14...interactive and international radio services. "Archon Communications will be providing Premiere...
Archon Corporation Updates Development Status for Las Vegas Strip Property.
PR Newswire; 10/21/2004; 700+ words ; Archon Corporation ("Archon") (BULLETIN BOARD: ARHN) is issuing this press release to provide an update on the current status of its Las Vegas Strip site. Archon's 27-acre site on the Las Vegas Strip, located immediately south...
Archon Hospitality closes 22-hotel deal.(Crown American Hotels)
Magazine article from: Hotel & Motel Management; 3/7/2005; ; 700+ words ; Dallas and Johnstown, Pa. -- Archon Hospitality acquired a 22-hotel portfolio...Giannoble, president of Dallas-based Archon Hospitality. "Now we provide services...Easter Hotel Realty LP, an affiliate of Archon Hospitality, which oversees management...
Archon Group Moves Into Industrial Market; Las Vegas Property First Significant Asset.
Business Wire; 6/11/2001; 700+ words ; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--June 11, 2001 Archon Group, L.P., in partnership with...warehouse property, Post Palms marks Archon Group's first noteworthy purchase in the industrial marketplace. "Archon plans to acquire existing Class B and...
NEWS CORP. TO BECOME INVESTOR IN ARCHON COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; DAVID EVANS TO JOIN PREMIERE RADIO NETWORKS, INC. BOARD
PR Newswire; 7/13/1995; 700+ words ; ...Corp. has acquired a significant interest in Archon Communications, Inc. ("Archon"). As part of the transaction, David Evans...Premiere's Board at the closing late this month of Archon's previously announced investment in Premiere...
FRATERNAL ORDER OF ARCHON AND ALUMNI PRESENT UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE WITH GENEROUS DONATION
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 5/11/2007; 700+ words ; ...generous donation from the Fraternal Order of Archon and its alumni association. The donation...Grande for 40 years and was a member of the Archon Fraternity as a student, a member of the Archon Alumni Association, and an advisor to the...
Archon Corporation Announces Appointment of John M. Garner as Chief Financial Officer.
PR Newswire; 2/11/2004; 700+ words ; Archon Corporation ("Archon") (BULLETIN BOARD: ARHNE) . announced today that John M. Garner has been appointed as Archon's new Chief Financial Officer, Secretary and Treasurer, effective...
Archon Corporation Announces Acquisition of Fee Ownership of Pioneer Hotel & Gambling Hall in Laughlin, Nevada And Closing of Duke's Casino in Sparks, Nevada.
PR Newswire; 1/9/2004; 700+ words ; Archon Corporation ("Archon") (BULLETIN BOARD: ARHN) announced today the closing of the...the "Pioneer") in Laughlin, Nevada on December 29, 2003. Archon purchased the fee interest from an affiliate of GE Capital pursuant...
Fitch Assigns CMBS Primary Servicer Rating to Archon Group; Affirms Special Servicer Rating.
Business Wire; 12/23/2008; 680 words ; CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings assigns Archon Group (Archon) a CMBS primary servicer rating of 'CPS3+'. In addition, Fitch affirms Archon's special servicer rating of 'CSS1'. The primary servicer rating is based on the company's experienced...
Archon Returning To Market With Boston Building.
Newspaper article from: Real Estate Finance and Investment; 10/12/2009; 618 words ; Archon is preparing to make a second attempt to...whose tenants include the Boston Celtics. Archon is preparing to make a second attempt to...whose tenants include the Boston Celtics. Archon tried to sell the building last fall but...