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Eleutherios
Eleutherios or Lefteris (, "the liberator") is an epithet and formal attribution in the Greek pantheon, including: * Dionysus * Eros * Zeus From Eleuther, son of Apollo and Aethusa. # He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the Pythian games, # and for having been the first to erect a statue of Dionysus. # as well as for having given his name to Eleutherae. # His sons were Iasius. # and Pierus. He also had several daughters, who spoke impiously of the image of Dionysus wearing a black aegis, and were driven mad by the god; as a remedy, Eleuther, in accordance with an oracle, established a cult of "Dionysus of the Black Aegis". # Eleuther, a variant of the name Eleutherios, early Greek god who was the son of Zeus and probably an alternate name of Dionysus. # Eleuther, one of the twenty sons of Lycaon. He and his brother Lebadus were the only not guilty of the abomination prepared for Zeus, and fled to Boeotia. # Eleuther, one of the Curete ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleftherios Venizelos
Eleftherios Kyriakou Venizelos (, ; – 18 March 1936) was a Cretan State, Cretan Greeks, Greek statesman and prominent leader of the Greek national liberation movement. As the leader of the Liberal Party (Greece), Liberal Party, Venizelos served as prime minister of Greece for over 12 years, spanning eight terms from 1910 to 1933. He first made his mark on the international stage with his leading role in securing the autonomy of the Cretan State, and later in the island's Enosis, union with Kingdom of Greece, Greece. In 1909, he was invited to Athens to resolve the Goudi coup, political deadlock and became Prime Minister. He initiated constitutional and economic reforms that set the basis for the modernization of Greek society and reorganized both the Greek Army and the Greek Navy in preparation for future conflicts. Before the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, Venizelos' catalytic role helped Greece to gain entrance to the Balkan League, an alliance of the Balkan states against th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefteris Pantazis
Lefteris Pantazis () who is often called by the nickname ''LePa'' by the media and his fans, is a Greek singer. He was born Eleftherios Pagkozidis (Ελευθέριος Παγκοζίδης) on 27 March 1955 to Pontic Greek parents in Tashkent, Uzbek SSR, in the USSR. IMDb His parents to as refugees in the 1960s.Lefteris Pantazis KleiseTrapezi.gr Career He began singing professionally in the mid-1970s and h ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zeus
Zeus (, ) is the chief deity of the List of Greek deities, Greek pantheon. He is a sky father, sky and thunder god in ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, who rules as king of the gods on Mount Olympus. Zeus is the child of Cronus and Rhea (mythology), Rhea, the youngest of his siblings to be born, though sometimes reckoned the eldest as the others required disgorging from Cronus's stomach. In most traditions, he is married to Hera, by whom he is usually said to have fathered Ares, Eileithyia, Hebe (mythology), Hebe, and Hephaestus.Hard 2004p. 79 At the oracle of Dodona, his consort was said to be Dione (Titaness/Oceanid), Dione, by whom the ''Iliad'' states that he fathered Aphrodite. According to the ''Theogony'', Zeus's first wife was Metis (mythology), Metis, by whom he had Athena.Hesiod, ''Theogony'886900 Zeus was also infamous for his erotic escapades. These resulted in many divine and heroic offspring, including Apollo, Artemis, Hermes, Persephone, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleuther
In Greek mythology, the name Eleuther (Ancient Greek: Ἐλευθήρ) may refer to: * Eleuther, one of the Curetes, was said to have been the eponym of the towns Eleutherae and Eleuthernae in Crete. * Eleuther, an Arcadian prince as one of the 50 sons of the impious King Lycaon either by the naiad Cyllene, Nonacris or by unknown woman. He and his brother Lebadus were the only not guilty of the abomination prepared for Zeus, and fled to Boeotia. * Eleuther, a variant of the name Eleutherios, early Greek god who was the son of Zeus and probably an alternate name of Dionysus.Kerényi, Karl. 1976. ''Dionysus''. Trans. Ralph Manheim, Princeton University Press. , 9780691029153 * Eleuther, son of Apollo and Aethusa. He is renowned for having an excellent singing voice, which earned him a victory at the Pythian games, and for having been the first to erect a statue of Dionysus,Hyginus, ''Fabulae'' 225 as well as for having given his name to Eleutherae. His sons were Iasius (Iasion) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slobodan
Slobodan ( sr-Cyrl, Слободан) is a Serbo-Croatian masculine given name which means "free" (''sloboda'' / meaning "freedom, liberty") used among other South Slavs as well. It was coined by Serbian liberal politician Vladimir Jovanović who, inspired by John Stuart Mill's essay '' On Liberty'' baptised his son as Slobodan in 1869 and his daughter Pravda (Justice) in 1871. It became popular in both the Kingdom of Yugoslavia (1918–1945) and the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1945–1991) among various ethnic groups within Yugoslavia and therefore today there are also Slobodans among Croats, Slovenes and other Yugoslav peoples. During the decade after World War II, the name Slobodan (means "freedom") became the most popular Serbian male name, and it remained so until 1980. Common derived nicknames are Sloba, Slobo, Boban, Boba, Bobi and Čobi. The feminine counterpart is Slobodanka. A rare short form of the name Slobodan is Bodan, used sometimes in North Mac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleutherius (other)
Eleutherius, Eleutherus or Eleuterus may refer to: Gods *An epithet of Dionysus and Zeus, meaning 'The Liberator' Saints *2nd century Pope Eleutherius (feast day: 26 May) *Eleutherius of Rocca d'Arce (feast day: 29 May), English pilgrim who died at Rocca d'Arce *Eleutherius of Nicomedia (feast day: 2 October), a soldier who was martyred under Diocletian *Eleutherius of Tournai (died 532), bishop of Tournai, 5th century evangelist of the Franks *Eleutherius and Antia (feast day: died 121), martyrs *the martyred companion of Saint Denis of Paris (martyred c.250, feast day: 9 October) Bishops *Leuthere, Eleutherius, Bishop of Winchester, Bishop of the west Saxons Patriarchs and exarchs *Eleutherius of Byzantium, Patriarch of Constantinople (129–136) *Eleutherius, List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Antioch, Greek Patriarch of Antioch (1023–1028) *Eleutherius, List of Greek Orthodox Patriarchs of Alexandria, Greek Patriarch of Alexandria (1175–1180) *Ele ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eleuterio
Eleuterio or Eleutério is a given name. Notable people with the name include: * Eleuterio Maisonnave y Cutayar (1840–1890), Spanish politician, Minister of State in 1873, under President Francisco Pi y Margall *Eleuterio Felice Foresti (1789–1858), Italian patriot and scholar *Eleuterio Francesco Fortino (1938–2010), Italian priest of the Italo-Albanian Catholic Church * Laureano Eleuterio Gomez (1889–1965), the 18th President of Colombia, from 1950 to 1953 *José Eleuterio González (1813–1888), Mexican physician and philanthropist, founder of the UANL and the Hospital Universitario *Eleuterio Fernández Huidobro (1942–2016), Uruguayan politician, journalist, and writer *Eleuterio Pagliano (1826–1903), Italian painter of the Romantic period as well as an activist and fighter of the Risorgimento * Eleuterio Quiñones, recurring fictional character in Puerto Rican radio and television, voiced by Sunshine Logroño * Eleuterio Quintanilla (1886–1966), Spanish anarchist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dionysus
In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, myth, Dionysus (; ) is the god of wine-making, orchards and fruit, vegetation, fertility, festivity, insanity, ritual madness, religious ecstasy, and theatre. He was also known as Bacchus ( or ; ) by the Greeks (a name later adopted by the Ancient Rome, Romans) for a frenzy he is said to induce called ''baccheia''. His wine, music, and ecstatic dance were considered to free his followers from self-conscious fear and care, and subvert the oppressive restraints of the powerful. His ''thyrsus'', a fennel-stem sceptre, sometimes wound with ivy and dripping with honey, is both a beneficent wand and a weapon used to destroy those who oppose his Cult of Dionysus, cult and the freedoms he represents. Those who partake of his mysteries are believed to become possessed and empowered by the god himself. His origins are uncertain, and his cults took many forms; some are described by ancient sources as Thrace, Thracian, others as Greek. In O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Savior (other)
Savior or saviour may refer to: *A person who helps people achieve salvation, or saves them from something Religion * Mahdi, the prophesied redeemer of Islam who will rule for seven, nine or nineteen years * Maitreya * Messiah, a saviour or liberator of a group of people, most commonly in the Abrahamic religions ** Messiah in Judaism **Jesus as the savior or redeemer in Christianity * Zoroastrian tradition envisions three future saviors, including Saoshyant, ou-shyuhnta figure of Zoroastrian eschatology who brings about the final renovation of the world, the Frashokereti * Soter, derives from the Greek epithet (''sōtēr''), meaning a saviour, a deliverer * The Saviour (paramilitary organization) (Спас), a militant nationalist organization in Russia Film and television * ''The Savior'' (1971 film), French film about a girl and a Nazi officer * ''The Savior'' (2014 film), Arabic-language film about Jesus of Nazareth * ''The Saviour'' (Chinese: 救世者 Jiushizhe), a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Soter
Soter derives from the Ancient Greek epithet (''Sōtḗr''), meaning a saviour, a deliverer. The feminine form is Soteira (Σώτειρα, ''Sṓteira'') or sometimes Soteria (Σωτηρία, ''Sōtería''). Soter was used as: * A title of gods: Poseidon Soter, Zeus Soter, Dionysus Soter, Apollo Soter, Hades Soter, Helios Soter, Athena Soteira, Asclepius Soter, and Hecate Soteira. * The name of a distinct mythical figure, Soter (daimon) * An epithet of several Hellenistic rulers: ** Antigonus Monophthalmus (382–301 BCE), awarded the title for liberating Athens from Cassander **Ptolemy I Soter, ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt (reigned 323 –283 BCE) ** Attalus I Soter, the ruler of the Kingdom of Pergamon (reigned 241–197 BCE) **Antiochus I Soter, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (reigned 281 –261 BCE) **Demetrius I Soter, ruler of the Seleucid Empire (reigned 161–150 BCE) ** Menander I Soter, ruler of the Indo-Greek kingdom (reigned c. 165/155 –130 BCE) ** Hermaeus Soter, a we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Agios Eleftherios (other)
Agios Eleftherios may refer to a neighbourhood, two villages and one church in Greece: * Agios Eleftherios, Athens, a neighbourhood of Athens * Agios Eleftherios, Kefalonia, a village on Kefalonia Kefalonia or Cephalonia (), formerly also known as Kefallinia or Kephallonia (), is the largest of the Ionian Islands in western Greece and the 6th-largest island in Greece after Crete, Euboea, Lesbos, Rhodes and Chios. It is also a separate regio ... * Agios Eleftherios, Larissa, a village in the Larissa regional unit * Agios Eleftherios Church, Athens (''Mikri Mitrópoli''), a Byzantine church in Athens {{geodis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lefteris Papadimitriou
Lefteris Papadimitriou is a Greek composer and performer. Biography He was born in Volos, Greece. He studied composition with Iannis Ioannidis and has written many compositions for live instruments and electronic media. He is a graduate of the Department of Musicology of the University of Athens. He plays live electronic music with a laptop as his instrument. A live work, entitled “Jollywood”, was based entirely on MIDI sounds. He is interested in applying electronic techniques to acoustic music and in the exploration of acoustic musical expressiveness in the medium of electronic music. In 2006, he won the Gaudeamus International Composers Award The Gaudeamus International Composers Award is made by the Gaudeamus Foundation. The prize is awarded yearly, to a young composer at Dutch music concert, ''Gaudeamus Muziekweek''. The Gaudeamus Foundation had held an annual music week of Dutch ... with his work for piano and orchestra, titled “Black and White”. He is c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
