Demetrius
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Demetrius (from Greek: Δημήτριος, male form of Demeter, from Doric Da-mater meaning "mother earth") is the name of several notable people from classical antiquity and other eras.
Classical antiquity
- Demetrius, a writer of Old Comedy ca. 400 BC, mentioned by Diogenes Laertius
- Demetrius of Alopece, sculptor 5th/4th century BC
- Demetrius Phalereus, philosopher and statesman of 4th century BC
- Demetrius I of Macedon Poliorcetes (336-283 BC)
- Demetrius I Starszy (1327 – 12 May 1399 Battle of the Vorskla River), Prince of Trubczewsk 1357 – 1399, Bryansk 1357 – 1379, Starodub 1370 – 1399, Druck 13?? – 13??
- Demetrius the Fair, son of Poliorcetes
- Demetrius II of Macedon (276-229 BC)
- Demetrius of Pharos, ruler in Illyria 3rd century BC
- Demetrius I of Bactria, Indo-Greek king ca 180-165 BC
- Demetrius I of Syria, Seleucid king
- Demetrius II of Syria, his son
- Demetrius of Scepsis, grammarian and archaeologist 3rd century BC
- Demetrius Ixion, grammarian 2nd century BC
- Demetrius Lacon, Epicurean philosopher 2nd century BC
- Demetrius, composed a guide to letter-writing with 21 types and examples of each type
- Demetrius of Magnesia, writer
- Demetrius of Nicomedia
- Demetrius, rhetorical stylist
- Demetrius III Eucaerus, Seleucid king 1st century BC
- Demetrius of Sounion
- Demetrius of Tarsus, grammarian
- Demetrius the Cynic, philosopher 1st century
- Demetrius of Troezen, 1st century writer on literary history, mentioned by Athenaeus and Diogenes Laertius
Others
- St. Demetrius of Alexandria, 2nd/3rd century Christian bishop
- Demetrius of Antioch, 3rd century Patriarch of Antioch
- St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, 4th century Christian martyr
- Tsarevich Demetrius (1582—1591), son of Ivan the Terrible
- [media] (Ruddy)[1979], Born in May Pen Jamaica and is a Disc Jock at FAME FM 95
In literature
- Demetrius is also the name of a character in at least two plays by William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Titus Andronicus
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