Archias

Archias (Ancient Greek: Ἀρχίας) may refer to:

Poets

  • Aulus Licinius Archias, Roman-era Greek poet from Antioch
  • Archias of Macedon, Archias of Byzantium, Archias of Mytilene, Archias the younger in Greek anthology

Statesmen

  • Archias of Corinth, founder of Syracuse in 734 or 733 BC
  • Archias of Thebes, Theban polemarch and tyrant in 379 BC
  • Archias of Pella, Macedonian trierarch, geographer
  • Archias of Thurii, Thuriian actor, officer of Antipater
  • Archias of Cyprus, governor of Cyprus in 2nd century BCE

Grammarians

  • Archias of Alexandria, Roman-era grammarian, teacher of Marcus Mettius Epaphroditus

Others

  • Archias, a Spartan whom Herodotus mentions as falling in the Spartan attack on Samos in 525 BC.
  • Archias, grandson of the above, whom Herodotus mentions personally meeting in Pitane.
  • Archias of Corinth, a shipbuilder, architect of the Syracusia around 240 BC.
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