Demetrios

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

♂ Masculin · Greek
Greek classical mythological Orthodox ancient

📖 À propos Demetrios

Demetrios est la forme grecque classique signifiant "dévoué à Déméter." Porté par des rois macédoniens et le grand saint militaire orthodoxe de Thessalonique, il reste fondamental dans la tradition onomastique grecque.

📍 Détails

  • OrigineGreek
  • Genre♂ Masculin
  • SignificationDevoted to Demeter; follower of the goddess of harvest

🔀 Variantes et Prénoms Associés

⭐ Personnes Célèbres

  • 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