Demetrius (disambiguation)

Demetrius may be a given name.

Demetrius may also refer to:

Saints

• Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270-306), Christian martyr, patron of soldiers
• Pope Demetrius of Alexandria (189–232), Patriarch of Alexandria, contemporary of Origen

Kings

Macedon

• Demetrius I of Macedon (336–283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes
• Demetrius II of Macedon (276–229 BC), surnamed Aetolicus

Bactria & India

• Demetrius I of Bactria, Greco-Bactrian king reigning from c. 200–180 BC
• Demetrius II of India, ruled brieftly during the 2nd century BCE
• Demetrios III, surnamed Aniketos

Seleucid Empire

• Demetrius I Soter of Syria (d. 150 BC)
• Demetrius II Nicator of Syria (d. 125 BC)
• Demetrius III Eucaerus (d. 88 BC)

Philosophers

• Demetrius Phalereus (c.350-c.280), Athenian orator
• Demetrius Lacon (late 2nd century BC), Epicurean philosopher
• Demetrius the Cynic (1st century), Cynic philosopher of Corinth and Rome
• Demetrius of Amphipolis (4th century BC), student of Plato

Other people

• Claude Demetrius (born August 3, 1916 - May 1, 1988), an African American songwriter
• Demetrius of Athens, executor of Plato's will
• Demetrius of Alopece (early 4th century BC), sculptor
• Demetrius of Apamea, physiologist
• Demetrius the Fair (c.285 BC-c.250 BC), also known as Demetrius of Cyrene, Greek Macedonian prince and Greek Cyrenaean king
• Demetrius of Pharos (d. 214 BC), Illyrian ruler
• Demetrius the Chronographer (late 3rd century BC) Jewish historian
• Demetrius of Scepsis (2nd/3rd century BC), Greek grammarian
• Demetrius (son of Philip V) (d. 180 BC), son of Philip V of Macedon, executed by his father for treason
• Demetrius of Magnesia (1st century BC), writer
• Demetrius (Bible), the name of two people in the New Testament
• Demetrius of Antioch (3rd century), bishop of Antioch
• Demetrius Triclinius (c. 1300), Byzantine scholar of ancient Greek literature
• Demetrius Cydones (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 Dream by William Shakespeare
• Demetrius, a minor character in Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
• Demetrius, a minor character in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare
• Demetrius, a waste-storage and processing spaceship on the new Battlestar Galactica television series
• Demetrius (play)

Churches

• Aghios Demetrios in Thessaloniki, dedicated to Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki

Other uses

• Operation Demetrius, crackdown on paramilitary groups in Ireland by the British Army from 1971-1975

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