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Adamantius (Pseudo-Origen)
Adamantius or Adamantios may refer to: People Only name * Adamantius (Pseudo-Origen), 4th-century Christian writer * Adamantius (physician), 5th-century Jewish physician from Alexandria * Adamantius (praefectus urbi), 5th-century politician of the Eastern Roman Empire Nickname * Origen Adamantius, 3rd century early Christian theologian First name * Adamantios Korais (1748–1833), humanist scholar credited with laying the foundations of Modern Greek literature * Adamantios Androutsopoulos (1919–2000), Prime Minister of Greece from 1973 to 1974 * Adamantios Sampson (fl. 1973–present), archaeologist from Rhodes Other * ''Adamantius'' (journal), academic journal of the Italian Research Group on Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition See also *Adeimantus (other) Adeimantus may refer to: * Adeimantus of Collytus, elder brother of Ancient Greek philosopher Plato * Adeimantus of Corinth, Greek commander at the Battle of Salamis in 480 BC *Adeimantus (son of Leucolophide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamantius (physician)
Adamantius ( grc-gre, Αδαμάντιος) was an ancient physician, bearing the title of iatrosophist (; broadly, "professor of medicine"). Little is known of his personal history, except that he was Jewish by birth, and that he was one of those who fled from Alexandria at the time of the expulsion of the Jews from that city by the Patriarch Cyril of Alexandria Cyril of Alexandria ( grc, Κύριλλος Ἀλεξανδρείας; cop, Ⲡⲁⲡⲁ Ⲕⲩⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲩ ⲁ̅ also ⲡⲓ̀ⲁⲅⲓⲟⲥ Ⲕⲓⲣⲓⲗⲗⲟⲥ; 376 – 444) was the Patriarch of Alexandria from 412 to 444 ... in 415. He went to Constantinople, was persuaded to embrace Christianity, apparently by Archbishop Atticus of Constantinople, and then returned to Alexandria. Adamantius is the author of a Greek treatise on physiognomy () in two books. It is still extant, and borrows in a great measure (as Adamantius himself confesses) from Polemon of Laodiceia, Polemon's work on the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamantius (praefectus Urbi)
Adamantius ( grc-gre, Ἀδαμάντιος; fl. 474–479) was a politician of the Eastern Roman Empire, ''praefectus urbi'' of Constantinople (474–479), '' patricius'' and honorary consul. Adamantius was the son of Vivianus, consul in 463 and praetorian prefect of the East; his brother was Paulus, consul in 512. Between 474 and 479, Adamantius held the office of ''praefectus urbi'' of Constantinople. In 479 he is attested as ''patricius''. That year he was conferred consular honours by Emperor Zeno and sent as envoy to the rebel general Theodoric the Great. He went to Thessalonica, where he freed the ex-consul Iohannes from an enraged mob, and joined with Sabinianus Magnus at Edessa Edessa (; grc, Ἔδεσσα, Édessa) was an ancient city ('' polis'') in Upper Mesopotamia, founded during the Hellenistic period by King Seleucus I Nicator (), founder of the Seleucid Empire. It later became capital of the Kingdom of Os ...; they reached Theodoric in Dyrrachium, whe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Origen Adamantius
Origen of Alexandria, ''Ōrigénēs''; Origen's Greek name ''Ōrigénēs'' () probably means "child of Horus" (from , "Horus", and , "born"). ( 185 – 253), also known as Origen Adamantius, was an early Christian scholar, ascetic, and theologian who was born and spent the first half of his career in Alexandria. He was a prolific writer who wrote roughly 2,000 treatises in multiple branches of theology, including textual criticism, biblical exegesis and hermeneutics, homiletics, and spirituality. He was one of the most influential and controversial figures in early Christian theology, apologetics, and asceticism. He has been described as "the greatest genius the early church ever produced". Origen sought martyrdom with his father at a young age but was prevented from turning himself in to the authorities by his mother. When he was eighteen years old, Origen became a catechist at the Catechetical School of Alexandria. He devoted himself to his studies and adopted an ascetic l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamantios Korais
Adamantios Korais or Koraïs ( el, Ἀδαμάντιος Κοραῆς ; la, Adamantius Coraes; french: Adamance Coray; 27 April 17486 April 1833) was a Greek scholar credited with laying the foundations of modern Greek literature and a major figure in the Greek Enlightenment. His activities paved the way for the Greek War of Independence and the emergence of a purified form of the Greek language, known as Katharevousa. ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' asserts that "his influence on the modern Greek language and culture has been compared to that of Dante on Italian and Martin Luther on German". Life and views Korais was born in Smyrna, in 1748. His father Ioannis, of Chian descent, was ''demogérontas'' in Smyrna; a seat similar to the prokritoi of mainland Greece, but elected by the Greek community of the town and not imposed by the Ottomans. He was exceptionally passionate about philosophy, literacy and linguistics and studied greatly throughout his youth. He initially stu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamantios Androutsopoulos
Adamantios Androutsopoulos ( el, Αδαμάντιος Ανδρουτσόπουλος; 20 August 1919 – 10 November 2000) was a lawyer and professor. He held various ministerial posts under the Greek military junta of 1967–1974 and was finally appointed 168th Prime Minister of Greece from 1973 to 1974 by junta strongman Dimitrios Ioannides. He was born in Psari, Messenia, Greece in 1919. He studied at the University of Athens and at the University of Chicago. He never graduated from Chicago. He was Finance Minister (21 April 1967 – 26 August 1971) and Minister for the Interior (26 August 1971 – 10 May 1973) during the Papadopoulos military régime. When Papadopoulos was overthrown in 1973 by Ioannides, Androutsopoulos was appointed Head of Government (25 November 1973 – 23 July 1974), and also Finance Minister (25 November 1973 – 26 July 1974), until the return of democratic government in 1974 during the ''Metapolitefsi The Metapolitefsi ( el, Μεταπολίτε ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamantios Sampson
Adamantios Sampson ( el, Αδαμάντιος Σάμψων) is a Greek archaeologist who served as an Inspector of Antiquities for the Greek Administration of Antiquity. Since 1999, he has been a professor in the University of the Aegean, Department of Mediterranean Studies, Rhodes Sampson specialised in research on prehistoric Neolithic and Mesolithic sites in Southern Greece. Among the sites he has studied are the so-called Cave of the Cyclops on the islet of Youra near Alonissos; the islet of Υali near Nisyros; the Maroulas site on Kythnos ; the Kerame site on Ikaria; Sarakenos Cave on Boeotia; the "Skoteini cave" in Euboea and the "Cave of the Lakes" near Kalavryta . Field experience From 1973 to 1981, Sampson was the director of archaeological surveys and excavations of both prehistoric and historic periods in open air sites and caves in Euboea ( Chalkis, Eretria, Kyme, Aliveri, Kerinthos,), Thebes, Dodecanese (Rhodes, Telos, Alimnia, Leros, Yali, Karpathos), Peloponn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adamantius (journal)
''Adamantius'' is the academic journal of the Italian Research Group on Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition ( it, Gruppo Italiana di Ricerca su Origene e la Tradizione Alessandrina, GIROTA). It publishes research on Christian literature and Jewish-Hellenistic studies, with a focus on the Alexandrian scholar and theologian Origen (c.184 – c.253). Origen's nickname or cognomen ''Adamantios'' derives from Greek and means "adamant" or "unbreakable". It was founded as the ''Bolletino del Gruppo Italiana di Ricerca su Origene e la Tradizione Alessandrina'' in 1996. GIROTA was formally founded in 2001 with ''Adamantius'' as its journal. The annual publication (21 issues to date) is divided into five sections: # monographical; # activities of the group; # bibliography relating to Origen and the Alexandrian Tradition; # news concerning conferences; and # indices. Several supplements have also been published. The director of the editorial board is Professor Alberto Camplani of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
