Demetrios

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

♂ Masculino · Greek
Greek classical mythological Orthodox ancient

📖 Sobre Demetrios

Demetrios é a forma grega clássica que significa "devoto de Deméter." Usado por reis macedônios e pelo grande santo militar ortodoxo de Tessalônica, permanece fundamental na tradição onomástica grega.

📍 Detalhes

  • OrigemGreek
  • Gênero♂ Masculino
  • SignificadoDevoted to Demeter; follower of the goddess of harvest

🔀 Variantes e Nomes Relacionados

⭐ Pessoas 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