Ancient Greek monarchs

Periander (; ; died c. 585 BC) was the second tyrant of the Cypselid dynasty that ruled over ancient Corinth. Periander's rule brought about a prosperous time in Corinth's history, as his administrative skill made Corinth one of the wealthiest city states in Greece. Several accounts state that Periander was a cruel and harsh ruler, but others claim that he was a fair and just king who worked to ensure that the distribution of wealth in Corinth was more or less even. He is often considered one of the Seven Sages of Greece, men of the 6th century BC who were renowned for centuries for their wisd

Greek tyrant of Syracuse (c. 432 – 367 BC)

Polycrates (; ), son of Aeaces, was the tyrant of Samos from the 540s BC to 522 BC. He had a reputation as both a fierce warrior and an enlightened tyrant.

oligarchic institution of ancient Athens

king of Macedonia

Greek statesman, general and Achaean League strategos (271-213 BC)

Codrus (; ; Greek: , Kódros) was the last of the semi-mythical Kings of Athens (r. ca 1089–1068 BC). He was an ancient exemplar of patriotism and self-sacrifice. He was succeeded by his son Medon, who it is claimed ruled not as king but as the first Archon of Athens. He was said to have traced his descent to the sea-God Poseidon through his father Melanthus.

king of Salamis on Cyprus from 411 to 373 BC

thumb|upright=1.2|Electrum coinage of Miletus, around the birth of Histiaeus. Circa 600-550 BC. thumb|upright=1.2|Coinage of Miletus at the time of Histiaeus. AR Obol (9mm, 1.07 g). Forepart of lion left, head right. Stellate and floral design within incuse square. Late 6th-early 5th century BC. Histiaeus (, died 493 BC), the son of Lysagoras, was a Greek ruler of Miletus in the late 6th century BC. Histiaeus was tyrant of Miletus under Darius I, king of Persia, who had subjugated Miletus and the other Ionian states in Asia Minor, and who generally appointed Greeks as tyrants to rule

Cypselus (, Kypselos) was the first tyrant of Corinth in the 7th century BC.

ancient chieftain of the Illyrians, 3rd c. BCE

Anaxilas or Anaxilaus (), son of Cretines, was a tyrant of Rhegium (modern Reggio Calabria) in Magna Graecia. He was originally from Messenia, a region in the Peloponnese.

In Greek mythology, Melanthus () was a king of Athens and son of Andropompus and Henioche.

tagus of Thessaly

6th century BC Greek tyrant of the Chersonese

despot of Pherae in Thessaly 369 BC - 358 BC

tyrant

Ruler of Ancient Epirus

Abantidas (in Greek Ἀβαντίδας) (died 252 BC), the son of Paseas, became tyrant of the ancient Greek city-state of Sicyon in 264 BC after murdering Cleinias, the father of Aratus. After the assassination, Abantidas had the remaining friends and relations of Cleinias banished or put to death.

tyrant of Corinth

Greek tyrant of Naxos from c. 546 BC to c. 524 BC

Greek tyrant of Atarneus (died 341/0 BC)

King of Salamis on Cyprus

Onesilus or Onesilos (, "useful one"; died 497 BC) was the brother of King Gorgus of the Greek city-state of Salamis on the island of Cyprus. He is known only through the work of Herodotus (Histories, V.104–115).

3rd century BC tyrant of Syracuse

king of Salamis

Greek tyrant of Sicyon (ruled 251 BC)

Cleinias (, – 447 BC), was a prominent Athenian. His father, Alcibiades, had been proxenos of Sparta, and was ostracised in 460 BC. He married Deinomache, the daughter of Megacles and a member of the important Alcmaeonid family, and had two sons, Alcibiades and Cleinias. Politically he was a supporter of Pericles, his wife's cousin. He died at the Battle of Coronea (447 BC), aged around 34. After his death his children were made wards of Pericles and his brother Ariphron.

Pnytagoras () was a king of the Ancient Greek city-state of Salamis in Cyprus. He was the nephew and successor of Evagoras II, who was overthrown in 351 BC and exiled due to his pro-Achaemenid stance.

King of Paphos

4th-century BC King of Salamis and Persian Satrap

king of Cyrenaica in 550 BC

King of the Paeonians in ca. 358, a contemporary of Philip II of Macedon

Archaeanax (Greek: Αρχαιάναξ) seems to have been a ruler of the Bosporan Kingdom some 40 years prior to the ascent of the Thracian Spartocids.

Tyrant of Pherae from 355/4 BC to 352 BC

4th-century BC tyrant of Chalcis

tyrant of Pherae and Tagus in 370 BC

Tyrant of Thessalian Pherae and Tagus from 370 BC to 369 BC

5th-century BC prince of Elimiotis in Macedonia