Demetrius

Demetrius (from Greek: Δημήτριος, male form of Demeter, from Doric Da-mater meaning "mother earth") is the name of several notable people from classical antiquity and other eras.

Classical antiquity

• Demetrius, a writer of Old Comedy ca. 400 BC, mentioned by Diogenes Laertius
• Demetrius of Alopece, sculptor 5th/4th century BC
• Demetrius Phalereus, philosopher and statesman of 4th century BC
• Demetrius I of Macedon Poliorcetes (336-283 BC)
• Demetrius I Starszy (1327 – 12 May 1399 Battle of the Vorskla River), Prince of Trubczewsk 1357 – 1399, Bryansk 1357 – 1379, Starodub 1370 – 1399, Druck 13?? – 13??
• Demetrius the Fair, son of Poliorcetes
• Demetrius II of Macedon (276-229 BC)
• Demetrius of Pharos, ruler in Illyria 3rd century BC
• Demetrius I of Bactria, Indo-Greek king ca 180-165 BC
• Demetrius I of Syria, Seleucid king
• Demetrius II of Syria, his son
• Demetrius of Scepsis, grammarian and archaeologist 3rd century BC
• Demetrius Ixion, grammarian 2nd century BC
• Demetrius Lacon, Epicurean philosopher 2nd century BC
• Demetrius, composed a guide to letter-writing with 21 types and examples of each type
• Demetrius of Magnesia, writer
• Demetrius of Nicomedia
• Demetrius, rhetorical stylist
• Demetrius III Eucaerus, Seleucid king 1st century BC
• Demetrius of Sounion
• Demetrius of Tarsus, grammarian
• Demetrius the Cynic, philosopher 1st century
• Demetrius of Troezen, 1st century writer on literary history, mentioned by Athenaeus and Diogenes Laertius

Others

• St. Demetrius of Alexandria, 2nd/3rd century Christian bishop
• Demetrius of Antioch, 3rd century Patriarch of Antioch
• St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki, 4th century Christian martyr
• Tsarevich Demetrius (1582—1591), son of Ivan the Terrible
• Media:Demetrius Christian (Ruddy)[1979], Born in May Pen Jamaica and is a Disc Jock at FAME FM 95

In literature

• Demetrius is also the name of a character in at least two plays by William Shakespeare: A Midsummer Night's Dream and Titus Andronicus