“ÀRCHON” in italiano

He writes, ‘the meaning of ‘archive,’ its only meaning, comes to it from the Greek arkheion: initially a house, a domicile, an address, the residence of the superior magistrates, the archons , those who commanded’ .

At the beginning of every year, dramatists submitted their plays to the archon , or chief magistrate.

This took place in the archonship of Hegesias, five years after the first establishment of his rule.

In his role as archon , Solon cancelled all agricultural debts and announced that all slaves were free.

In addition, anyone convicted of dishonouring his parents could be struck off the citizen-lists and was considered automatically disqualified from an archonship , or from the right to address the people.