Archmage, archmagi, or archmagus (rarely archimage) is a title used to identify an especially powerful wizard, usually within the context of fantasy fiction. The term is a neologism strung together from the Greek word arché, meaning "first" + magus, a reference specifically to the astronomer-astrologers of ancient Persia.
Archmage was a successful browser-based multiplayer turn-based strategy game, where the player plays a mage resurrected from the depths of Hell and commands vast armies with magical and mundane elements. The game was created by a Korean telecommunicarions company MARI, but has since gone bankrupt and ceased supporting and hosting it. Fans have since created games encapsulating the essence of Archmage.
The Archmage is a fictional character and villain from the Disney animated television series Gargoyles. He was a powerful but arrogant and greedy magician, voiced by David Warner. He taught both the Magus and Demona how to use magic, having once been a courtier at Castle Wyvern in Scotland in the High Middle Ages, and he was the first person known to possess the spellbook called the Grimorum Arcanorum.