Demarchos (name) explained

Demarchos or Demarchus (δήμαρχος) has historically been a Greek civic office.

It can also refer to people of that name. These include:

• In Greek mythology, a son of Aegyptus, murdered by Eubule, one of the Danaïdes.^[1]
• An epic poet in an inscription in Ptolemais^[2]
• Demarchos, the son of Taron, a Lycian honoured by the Samians for his intercession on their behalf with Demetrios Poliorketes^[3]
• Demarchos, the son of Epidokos, a Syracusan general and opponent of the tyrant Dionysius I^[4]
• Satrap of Hellespontine Phrygia under Alexander the Great, successor of Calas^[5]

Notes and References

1. Encyclopedia: Waser . Otto . Demarchos 1 . . Band IV, Halbband 8, Corniscae–Demodoros . 1901 . col. 2712.
2. Encyclopedia: Kirchner . Johannes . Demarchos 2 . . Band IV, Halbband 8, Corniscae–Demodoros . 1901 . col. 2712.
3. Encyclopedia: Kirchner . Johannes . Demarchos 3 . . Band IV, Halbband 8, Corniscae–Demodoros . 1901 . col. 2712.
4. Encyclopedia: Niese . Benedikt . Demarchos 4 . . Band IV, Halbband 8, Corniscae–Demodoros . 1901 . col. 2712.
5. Encyclopedia: Willrich . Hugo . Demarchos 5 . . Band IV, Halbband 8, Corniscae–Demodoros . 1901 . col. 2712.