Demetrius (disambiguation)
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Saints
- Saint Demetrius of ThessalonikiSaint Demetrius of ThessalonikiSaint Demetrius of Thessaloniki was a Christian martyr, who lived in the early 4th century.During the Middle Ages, he came to be revered as one of the most important Orthodox military saints, often paired with Saint George...
(270-306), Christian martyr, patron of soldiers - Pope Demetrius of Alexandria (189–232), Patriarch of Alexandria, contemporary of Origen
Macedon
- Demetrius I of MacedonDemetrius I of MacedonDemetrius I , called Poliorcetes , son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a king of Macedon...
(336–283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes - Demetrius II of MacedonDemetrius II of MacedonDemetrius II Aetolicus son of Antigonus Gonatas and Phila, reigned as king of Macedonia from the winter of 239 to 229 BC. He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty and was born in 275 BC. There is a possibility that his father had already elevated to him to position of power equal to his own before his...
(276–229 BC), surnamed Aetolicus
Bactria & India
- Demetrius I of BactriaDemetrius I of BactriaDemetrius I was a Buddhist Greco-Bactrian king . He was the son of Euthydemus and succeeded him around 200 BC, after which he conquered extensive areas in what now is eastern Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan thus creating an Indo-Greek kingdom far from Hellenistic Greece...
, Greco-Bactrian king reigning from c. 200–180 BC - Demetrius II of IndiaDemetrius II of IndiaDemetrius II was a Greco-Bactrian/Indo-Greek king who ruled brieftly during the 2nd century BCE. Little is known about him and there are different views about how to date him. Earlier authors such as Tarn and Narain saw him as a son and sub-king of Demetrius I, but this view is now abandoned.Osmund...
, ruled brieftly during the 2nd century BCE - Demetrios IIIDemetrios IIIDemetrius III Aniketos "The Invincible" is here identified with an Indo-Greek king who reigned in the area of Gandhara and Punjab.-Controversy about time of reign:...
, surnamed Aniketos
Seleucid Empire
- Demetrius I SoterDemetrius I SoterDemetrius I , surnamed Soter , was a ruler of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire....
of Syria (d. 150 BC) - Demetrius II NicatorDemetrius II NicatorFor the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon. For the Macedonian prince, see Demetrius the Fair.Demetrius II , called Nicator , was one of the sons of Demetrius I Soter, brother of Antiochus VII Sidetes and his mother could have been Laodice V...
of Syria (d. 125 BC) - Demetrius III EucaerusDemetrius III EucaerusDemetrius III , called Eucaerus and Philopator, was a ruler of the Seleucid kingdom, the son of Antiochus VIII Grypus and his wife Tryphaena.By the assistance of Ptolemy IX Lathyros, king of Egypt, he recovered part of his father's Syrian dominions ca 95 BC, and...
(d. 88 BC)
Philosophers
- Demetrius PhalereusDemetrius PhalereusDemetrius of Phalerum was an Athenian orator originally from Phalerum, a student of Theophrastus and one of the first Peripatetics...
(c.350-c.280), Athenian orator - Demetrius LaconDemetrius LaconDemetrius Lacon or Demetrius of Laconia was an Epicurean philosopher of the late 2nd century BC, and a disciple of Protarchus. He was an older contemporary of Zeno of Sidon and a teacher of Philodemus...
(late 2nd century BC), Epicurean philosopher - Demetrius the CynicDemetrius the CynicDemetrius , a Cynic philosopher from Corinth, who lived in Rome during the reigns of Caligula, Nero and Vespasian .He was the intimate friend of Seneca, who wrote about him often, and who describes him as the perfect man:...
(1st century), Cynic philosopher of Corinth and Rome - Demetrius of AmphipolisDemetrius of AmphipolisDemetrius of Amphipolis was one of Plato's students.He is perhaps identical with the person mentioned in Plato's Testament as one of the executors of his last will.-References:...
(4th century BC), student of Plato
Other people
- Claude DemetriusClaude DemetriusClaude Demetrius was an African American songwriter.Born in Bath, Maine, by his early twenties he was in New York City writing music for and/or with the likes of Louis Armstrong, Jimmy Witherspoon and B.B. King. Demetrius wrote the 1945 musical comedy short film Open the Door, Richard...
(born August 3, 1916 - May 1, 1988), an African American songwriter - Demetrius of Athens, executor of Plato's will
- Demetrius of AlopeceDemetrius of AlopeceDemetrius of Alopece , was a Greek sculptor of the early part of the 4th century BC, who is said by ancient critics to have been notable for the life-like realism of his statues....
(early 4th century BC), sculptor - Demetrius of ApameaDemetrius of ApameaDemetrius of Apamea was a Hellenistic physiologist of the Herophilean school.He studied the sexual organs, focusing his attention on the treatment of ailments - instead of the reproductive physiology that was studied under Herophilos....
, physiologist - Demetrius the FairDemetrius the FairFor the similarly named Macedonian ruler, see Demetrius II of Macedon.Demetrius the Fair or surnamed The Handsome , also known in modern ancient historical sources as Demetrius of Cyrene, was a Hellenistic king of Cyrene.-Family:Demetrius was of Greek Macedonian descent...
(c.285 BC-c.250 BC), also known as Demetrius of Cyrene, Greek Macedonian prince and Greek Cyrenaean king - Demetrius of PharosDemetrius of PharosDemetrius of Pharos was a ruler of Pharos involved in the First Illyrian War, after which he ruled a portion of the Illyrian Adriatic coast on behalf of the Romans, as a Client king....
(d. 214 BC), Illyrian ruler - Demetrius the ChronographerDemetrius the ChronographerDemetrius the Chronographer was a Jewish chronicler of the late 3rd century BCE, who lived probably in Alexandria and wrote in Greek.-Works:...
(late 3rd century BC) Jewish historian - Demetrius of ScepsisDemetrius of ScepsisDemetrius of Scepsis was a Greek grammarian of the time of Aristarchus and Crates . He was a man of good family and an acute philologer . He was the author of a very extensive work which is very often referred to, and bore the title Τρωικὸς διάκοσμος. It consisted of at least twenty-six books...
(2nd/3rd century BC), Greek grammarian - Demetrius (son of Philip V)Demetrius (son of Philip V)Demetrius was the younger son of Philip V of Macedon, but his only son by his legitimate wife, the elder brother Perseus being the son of a concubine....
(d. 180 BC), son of Philip V of Macedon, executed by his father for treason - Demetrius of MagnesiaDemetrius of MagnesiaDemetrius of Magnesia was a Greek grammarian and biographer, and a contemporary of Cicero and Atticus. He had, in Cicero's recollection, sent Atticus a work of his on concord, , which Cicero also was anxious to read...
(1st century BC), writer - Demetrius (Bible)Demetrius (Bible)The name Demetrius occurs in two places in the Bible, both in the New Testament:* a Diana-worshipping silversmith who incited a riot against the Apostle Paul...
, the name of two people in the New Testament - Demetrius of AntiochDemetrius of AntiochDemetrius was bishop of Antioch in the AD 3rd Century. In 253 he was taken to Persia as a captive by Shapur I. Despite being far from his see, Demetrius was not replaced as bishop until Paul of Samosata became bishop in 260.-Sources:...
(3rd century), bishop of Antioch - Demetrius TricliniusDemetrius TricliniusIn palaeography, Demetrius Triclinius , a native of Thessalonica, was a Byzantine scholar who edited and analyzed the metrical structure of many texts from ancient Greece, particularly those of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. He is often compared favorably with two contemporary annotators of...
(c. 1300), Byzantine scholar of ancient Greek literature - Demetrius CydonesDemetrius CydonesDemetrios Kydones, latinized as Demetrius Cydones or Demetrius Cydonius , was a Byzantine theologian, translator, writer and influential statesman, who served an unprecedented three terms as Mesazon of the Byzantine Empire under three successive emperors: John VI Kantakouzenos, John V Palaiologos...
(1324-1397), Byzantine prime minister and theologian - Demetrius I Starszy (1327–1399), Prince of Bryansk
In fiction
- Demetrius, a major character in A Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's DreamA Midsummer Night's Dream is a play that was written by William Shakespeare. It is believed to have been written between 1590 and 1596. It portrays the events surrounding the marriage of the Duke of Athens, Theseus, and the Queen of the Amazons, Hippolyta...
by William Shakespeare - Demetrius, a minor character in Titus AndronicusTitus AndronicusTitus Andronicus is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, and possibly George Peele, believed to have been written between 1588 and 1593. It is thought to be Shakespeare's first tragedy, and is often seen as his attempt to emulate the violent and bloody revenge plays of his contemporaries, which were...
by William Shakespeare - Demetrius, a minor character in Antony and CleopatraAntony and CleopatraAntony and Cleopatra is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written sometime between 1603 and 1607. It was first printed in the First Folio of 1623. The plot is based on Thomas North's translation of Plutarch's Lives and follows the relationship between Cleopatra and Mark Antony...
by William Shakespeare - Demetrius, a waste-storage and processing spaceship on the new Battlestar Galactica television series
- Demetrius (play)Demetrius (play)Demetrius is an incomplete drama by the German playwright Friedrich Schiller based on the life of Demetrius, briefly Russian czar between 1604 and 1605. It is a reflection on the individual's responsibility in history and on the rule of Napoleon...
Other uses
- Operation DemetriusOperation DemetriusOperation Demetrius began in Northern Ireland on the morning of Monday 9 August 1971. Operation Demetrius was launched by the British Army and Royal Ulster Constabulary and involved arresting and interning people accused of being paramilitary members...
, crackdown on paramilitary groups in Ireland by the British Army from 1971-1975