What is "demetrius"

Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name Dēmḗtrios , meaning "devoted to Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dimitri, Demitri, and Dimitrije, 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 American basketball player
• Lucia Demetrius, Romanian writer
• Vasile Demetrius, Romanian writer

The name Demetrius occurs in two places in the Bible, both in the New Testament:

• a Diana-worshipping silversmith who incited a riot against the Apostle Paul.
• a disciple commended in . Possibly the bearer of the letters of 1, 2 and 3 John, Demetrius is commended to the early Christian leader Gaius as one who upholds the truth of the Gospel, and as such should be welcomed and provided for.

Demetrius may be a given name.

Demetrius may also refer to:

Demetrius is an incomplete drama by the German playwright Friedrich Schiller based on the life of Demetrius, briefly Russian czar between 1604 and 1605. It is a reflection on the individual's responsibility in history and on the rule of Napoleon. Schiller worked on the play from 1804 to 1805, but it was left unfinished on his death and was only premiered on 15 February 1857 at the Hoftheater in Weimar.

Demetrius was the younger son of Philip V of Macedon, but his only son by his legitimate wife, the elder brother Perseus being the son of a concubine.

After the battle of Cynoscephalae, Philip was obliged to surrender Demetrius, then very young, to Titus Quinctius Flamininus as a hostage, and he was subsequently sent to Rome in that capacity in 198 BC. Five years afterwards he was honourably restored to his father, Philip having at this time obtained the favour of Rome by his services in the war against Antiochus the Great.

But this did not last long, and Philip, finding himself assailed on all sides by the machinations of Rome and her intrigues among his neighbours, determined to try to avert, or at least delay, the impending storm by sending Demetrius, who during his residence at Rome had obtained the highest favour, as his ambassador to the senate.

The young prince was most favourably received, and returned with the answer that the Romans were willing to excuse all the past, out of good-will to Demetrius and from their confidence in his friendly dispositions towards them. But the favour thus shown to Demetrius had the effect (as was doubtless the design of the senate) of exciting against him the jealousy of Philip, and in a still higher degree that of Perseus, who suspected his brother, perhaps not without cause, of intending to supplant him on the throne after his father's death, with the assistance of the Romans.

Perseus therefore endeavoured to effect his ruin by his intrigues, and, having failed in accomplishing this by accusing him falsely of an attempt upon his life, he suborned Didas, one of Philip's generals, to accuse Demetrius of holding treasonable correspondence with the Romans, and of intending to escape to them. A forged letter, pretending to be from Flamininus, appeared to confirm the charge, and Philip was induced to consign him to the custody of Didas, by whom he was secretly put to death, as it was supposed, by his father's order.

Demetrius was 26 years old at the time of his death; he is represented by Livy as a very amiable and accomplished young man, but it may well be doubted whether he was as innocent as he appears in that author's eloquent narrative.

''For other persons with the same name, see Demetrius (disambiguation) ''

Demetrius, son of Althaemenes was hipparch of one ile of Hetairoi in the battle of Gaugamela. Demetrius' last recorded command was in the Mallian campaign (325 BC).

Demetrius son of Pythonax, surnamed Pheidon, was one of the Hetairoi of Alexander. In 327 BC, when the King attempted to introduce proskynesis, Demetrius is alleged to have alerted Alexander to Callisthenes' opposition. He is described as a flatterer of Alexander.

Demetrius (died 330 BC) was one of Alexander's somatophylakes. He was suspected of being engaged in the conspiracy of Philotas, and was executed. Ptolemy (son of Lagus) replaced him as Somatophylax.

Demetrius is one of the iconic lovers in William Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream. He is a young Athenian man who is engaged to a young Athenian girl Hermia. He claims to love but really just appears this way to gain Duke Theseus'and Egeus' support. However, Hermia does not love Demetrius, but instead she loves a man called Lysander. Demetrius follows Hermia and Lysander into the woods once they have fled Athens whilst Helena follows him. Helena craves Demetrius' love but he doesn't return her love and instead finds her annoying and a nuisance as she persists to win his heart. Eventually Demetrius does fall in love with Helena due to Oberon and Puck putting The love juice on his eyes. The storyline is complex and it shows the difficulties of true love through comedy.