Demetrios

"Devoted to Demeter; follower of the goddess of harvest"

♂ Masculino · Greek
Greek classical mythological Orthodox ancient

📖 Acerca de Demetrios

Demetrios es la forma griega clásica que significa "devoto de Deméter." Llevado por reyes macedonios y el gran santo militar ortodoxo de Salónica, sigue siendo fundamental en la tradición onomástica griega.

📍 Detalles

  • OrigenGreek
  • Género♂ Masculino
  • SignificadoDevoted to Demeter; follower of the goddess of harvest

🔀 Variantes y Nombres Relacionados

⭐ Personas Famosas

  • Demetrios I Poliorcetes — Macedonian king (337-283 BC) known as "the Besieger" for his innovative siege warfare, one of the successors of Alexander the Great who ruled over Greece and Macedonia
  • Saint Demetrios of Thessaloniki — Christian martyr (3rd-4th century) and one of the most important military saints in Eastern Orthodoxy, patron saint of Thessaloniki whose feast day (October 26) is a major celebration
  • Demetrios of Phalerum — Athenian orator and statesman (350-280 BC) who governed Athens and later helped establish the Great Library of Alexandria in Egypt
  • Demetrios Christodoulou — Greek-American mathematician who won the Shaw Prize and made fundamental contributions to general relativity and the mathematical theory of black holes