Demetrius
This article is about a given name. For other uses, see Demetrius (disambiguation).
| Demetrius | |
|---|---|
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A statue of the goddess Demeter | |
| Gender | Male |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek |
| Meaning | tribute to Goddess of Grain: Demeter, Mother-Earth |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Dimitrije, Demetria, Dimitrios, Demetra, Dimitris, Dmitry, Dimitar, Mitar |
Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios (Δημήτριος), meaning "devoted to Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dimitri, Demitri, and Dimitrije,[1][2] in addition to other forms (such as Russian Dmitri) descended from it.
Demetrius and its variations may refer to the following:
- Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria, ruled in 189–232
- Demetrius of Alopece (4th century BCE), Greek sculptor noted for his realism
- Demetrius of Phalerum (c 350-280 BCE)
- Demetrius I of Macedon (337–283 BCE), called Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of Macedonia 294–288 BCE
- Demetrius II Aetolicus, son of Antigonus II, King of Macedonia 239–229 BCE
- Demetrius, son of Philip V of Macedon
- Demetrius the Chronographer (late 3rd century BCE), Jewish chronicler (historian)
- Demetrius I Soter (185–150 BCE), king of Syria
- Demetrius I of Bactria (d. 180 BCE), Greek king of Bactria
- Demetrius II of India (fl. early 2nd century BCE), possible relative of the above
- Demetrius II Nicator (d. 125 BCE), son of Demetrius I Soter
- Demetrius III Aniketos, Indo-Greek king c. 100 BCE
- Demetrius III Eucaerus (d. 88 BCE), son of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Seleucid King
- Demetrius the Cynic (1st century), Cynic philosopher
- Demetrius of Thessaloniki (d. 306), Christian martyr and saint
- Demetrius Zvonimir (died 1089), King of Croatia 1075–1089
- Demetrius I of Georgia, son of David IV of Georgia the Great, (1125–1156)
- Demetrius the Neomartyr (1779 - 1803), Orthodox Crystian martyr and saint
- Pope Demetrius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1861–1870
- Pseudo-Demetrius I, also known as False Dimitry I, Tsar of Russia, ruled 1605-1606
- Demetrius, a main character in Friedrich Schiller's dramatic fragment of the same name, as well as in Alexander Pushkin's blank verse drama Boris Godunov and several other works of literature; the figure is modelled after False Dimitry I, short-time Tsar of Russia, claiming descent of Ivan the Terrible
- Demetrius, a main character in William Shakespeare's play, A Midsummer Night's Dream; Demetrius is also a villainous character in Shakespeare's revenge tragedy, Titus Andronicus
- Demetrius, a character in Mira Nair's Mississippi Masala
- Demetrius, a Greek slave in the Lloyd C. Douglas Christian novel The Robe and its film sequel below
- Demetrius and the Gladiators, a 1953 20th Century Fox film
- Demetri, a fictional character in the Twilight fantasy series
- Demetri Martin, American comedian
- Demitri Maximoff, a vampire from the Capcom video game series Darkstalkers
- Demetri McCamey, American basketball player
- Dimitrij, an opera by Antonín Dvořák
- Dmitry Donskoy (1350–1389), Russian prince
- Dmitri Kissoff, a character in Stanley Kubrick's Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
- Dmitry Medvedev, Prime Minister of Russia
- Dmitri Mendeleev Russian chemist, creator of the first periodic table
- Dimitri Petrenko, a character in the first-person shooter Call of Duty: World at War
- Dmitri Shostakovich Russian composer
- Dimitri Kitsikis Greek Geopolitician
- Dimitrios Salpingidis Greek footballer
- Dimitrios Papadopoulos Greek footballer
- Dimitrios Siovas Greek footballer
- Dimitrije Tucović Serbian politician
- Dimitrije Injac Serbian footballer
- Dimitrije Ljotić Serbian politician
- Dimitrije Pejanović Serbian handballer
- Dimitrije Mitrinović Serbian writer
- Dimitri Davidović Serbian footballer
- Dositej Obradović Serbian writer
- Dimitrije Ruvarac Serbian writer
- Dimitrije Banjac Serbian actor
- Dome Sztojay Serbian politician
- Dimitrije Avramović Serbian painter
- Dimitrije T. Leko Serbian architect
- Serbian Patriarch Dimitrije of the Serbian Orthodox Church
- Dimitrije Bašičević Serbian painter
- Dimitri Nanopoulos Greek Physicist
- Demetrius Treadwell (born 1991), American basketball player for Hapoel Gilboa Galil of the Israeli League Liga Leumit
- Lucia Demetrius, Romanian writer
- Vasile Demetrius, Romanian writer
In other languages
- Albanian: Dhimitër, Mitro
- Belarusian: Зьміцер, Дзмітрый (Z'mitser, Dz'mitry)
- Bulgarian: Димитър (Dimitar)
- Croatian: Dmitar
- Dutch: Dimitri
- English: Demetrius, Demetri, Demetry
- Finnish: Mitri, Mitro, Dimitri
- French: Dimitri
- Georgian: დემეტრე (Demetre), დიმიტრი (Dimitri), დიტო (Dito), დუტა (Duta), დიმა (Dima), მიტო (Mito)
- German: Demetrius
- Modern Greek: Δημήτριος, Δημήτρης, Μήτρος, Μήτσος, Μητσάρας (Dimitrios, Dimitris, Mitros, Mitsos, Mitsaras)
- Hebrew: (Demetrius) דמיטריוס ,(Dima) דימה ,(Dmitriy) דמיטרי
- Hungarian: Dömötör
- Italian: Demetrio, Dimitri
- Macedonian: Димитар, Димитриja
- Polish: Dymitr, Demetriusz
- Portuguese: Demétrio
- Romanian: Dumitru, Dimitrie
- Russian: Дмитрий (Dmitriy), Дима (Dima), Митя (Mitya)
- Serbian: Димитрије (Dimitrije), Митар (Mitar), Дмитар (Dmitar), Мита (Mita), Мића (Mića)
- Slovak: Demeter
- Slovene: Dimitrij, Mitja
- Spanish: Demetrio
- Ukrainian: Дмитро (Dmytro)
References
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