Archon (Greek: ἄρχων, romanized: árchōn, plural: ἄρχοντες, árchontes) means "ruler", frequently used as the title of a specific public office.
It is the masculine present participle of the verb stem αρχ-, meaning "to be first, to rule", derived from the same root as words such as monarch and hierarchy.
[2] Percy Bysshe Shelley would later use archimage as a synonym for wizard in his poem "Letter to Maria Gisborne".
[5] One of the character's most prominent appearances is when he disguises himself as a reverend hermit, and with the assistance of Duessa (Deceit) seduces the Red-Cross Knight from Una (truth).
[7] He has also been cited as emblematic of temptation itself[8] and as a character who presents a mutated worldview which causes the knight to doubt the reality of their faith -- the very source of their strength.