Demetrius is the Latinized form of the

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''Dēmḗtrios'' (), meaning "devoted to goddess

Demeter In ancient Greek religion and Greek mythology, mythology, Demeter (; Attic Greek, Attic: ''Dēmḗtēr'' ; Doric Greek, Doric: ''Dāmā́tēr'') is the Twelve Olympians, Olympian goddess of the harvest and agriculture, presiding over cro ...

". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris,

Dmytro Dmytro (, ) is a Ukrainian name, derived from the Greek Demetrios. Nicknames Nicknames of the name Dmytro include: * Dima (; most common) *Dimochka (Дімочка) *Dimulia (Дімуля) *Dimusha (Дімуша) *Dimusia (Дімуся) *Dmyt ...

, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumitru, Demitri,

Dhimitër Dhimitër is an Albanian name, derived from the Greek name Δημήτριος ('' Dimitrios''). It may refer to: * Dhimitër Progoni (fl. ''Floruit'' ( ; usually abbreviated fl. or occasionally flor.; from Latin for 'flourished') denotes a date ...

, Dimitrije and Zmicier, in addition to other forms (such as Russian

Dmitry Dmitry (); Church Slavic form: Dimitry or Dimitri (); ancient Russian forms: D'mitriy or Dmitr ( or ) is a male given name common in Orthodox Christian culture, the Russian version of Demetrios (, ). The meaning of the name is "devoted to, de ...

) descended from it. Nicknames include Demmie, Dimmie, Demi, Jim, Jimmy, Jimmie, Metry, Metrie, Mimmie, Demetri, Dmitri, Mitică, Mitya and Dima. Demetrius and its variations may refer to the following:

Real people

Ancient

* Demetrius of Alopece, 4th century BC Greek sculptor noted for his realism *

Demetrius of Phalerum Demetrius of Phalerum (also Demetrius of Phaleron or Demetrius Phalereus; ; c. 350 – c. 280 BC) was an Athenian orator originally from Phalerum, an ancient port of Athens. A student of Theophrastus, and perhaps of Aristotle, he was one of the ...

( – BC) *

Demetrius (somatophylax) 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 I Soter replaced him as somatophylax. References * Arrian, ''Anabasis'' 3.27.5 * Quintus ...

, somatophylax of

Alexander the Great Alexander III of Macedon (; 20/21 July 356 BC – 10/11 June 323 BC), most commonly known as Alexander the Great, was a king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon. He succeeded his father Philip ...

(d. 330 BC) *

Demetrius I of Macedon Demetrius I Poliorcetes (; , , ; ) was a Macedonian Greek nobleman and military leader who became king of Asia between 306 and 301 BC, and king of Macedon between 294 and 288 BC. A member of the Antigonid dynasty, he was the son of its founder, ...

(337–283 BC), called ''Poliorcetes'', son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus, King of

Macedonia Macedonia (, , , ), most commonly refers to: * North Macedonia, a country in southeastern Europe, known until 2019 as the Republic of Macedonia * Macedonia (ancient kingdom), a kingdom in Greek antiquity * Macedonia (Greece), a former administr ...

294–288 BC * Demetrius the Fair (Demetrius the Handsome, Demetrius of Cyrene) (285 BC-249/250 BC) -

Hellenistic In classical antiquity, the Hellenistic period covers the time in Greek history after Classical Greece, between the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC and the death of Cleopatra VII in 30 BC, which was followed by the ascendancy of the R ...

king of Cyrene *

Demetrius II Aetolicus Demetrius II (Greek: Δημήτριος, romanized: ''Demetrios;'' 275 - 229 BC), also known as Demetrius Aetolicus, was king of the Ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia from 239 until his death in 229 BC. Biography Demetrius was born in either 2 ...

, son of Antigonus II, King of Macedonia 239–229 BC * Demetrius (son of Philip V), son of

Philip V of Macedon Philip V (; 238–179 BC) was king of the Ancient Greece, ancient Greek kingdom of Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedon from 221 to 179 BC. Philip's reign was principally marked by the Social War (220–217 BC), Social War in Greece (220-217 BC) ...

Demetrius of Pharos Demetrius of Pharos (also Pharus; ) was a ruler of Pharos involved in the First Illyrian War, after which he ruled a portion of the Illyrian Adriatic coast on behalf of the Romans, as a client king. Demetrius was a regent ruler to Pinnes, ...

, ruler of Pharos c. 222 – 219 BC, involved in the First Illyrian War * Demetrius the Chronographer (late 3rd century BC), Jewish chronicler (historian) *

Demetrius I Soter Demetrius I Soter (, ''Dēmḗtrios ho Sōtḗr,'' "Demetrius the Saviour"; 185 – June 150 BC) reigned as king of the Hellenistic Seleucid Empire from November 162 to June 150 BC. Demetrius grew up in Rome as a hostage, but returned to Greek S ...

(185–150 BC), king of

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* Demetrius I of Bactria (d. 180 BC), Greek king of

Bactria Bactria (; Bactrian language, Bactrian: , ), or Bactriana, was an ancient Iranian peoples, Iranian civilization in Central Asia based in the area south of the Oxus River (modern Amu Darya) and north of the mountains of the Hindu Kush, an area ...

* Demetrius II of India (fl. early 2nd century BC), possible relative of the above * Demetrius II Nicator (d. 125 BC), son of Demetrius I Soter * Demetrius III Aniketos, Indo-Greek king BC * Demetrius III Eucaerus (d. 88 BC), son of Antiochus VIII Grypus, Seleucid King * Demetrius the Cynic (1st century), Cynic philosopher *

Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria Demetrius I (died 22 October 232), 12th Bishop and Patriarch of Alexandria. Sextus Julius Africanus, who visited Alexandria in the Bishoprice of Demetrius, places his accession as eleventh bishop from Mark in the tenth year of Roman Emperor ...

, ruled in 189–232 *

Demetrius of Thessaloniki Saint Demetrius (or Demetrios) of Thessaloniki, Thessalonica (, ), also known as the Holy Great martyr, Great-Martyr Demetrius the Myroblyte (meaning 'the Myrrh-Gusher' or 'Myrrh-Streamer'; 3rd century – 306), was a Greeks, Greek Christianity, ...

(died 306), Christian martyr and saint

Medieval

* Demetrius of Bulgaria was the second

Patriarch The highest-ranking bishops in Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy, the Roman Catholic Church (above major archbishop and primate), the Hussite Church, Church of the East, and some Independent Catholic Churches are termed patriarchs (and ...

of the

Bulgarian Orthodox Church The Bulgarian Orthodox Church (), legally the Patriarchate of Bulgaria (), is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox Church, Eastern Orthodox jurisdiction based in Bulgaria. It is the first medieval recognised patriarchate outside the Pentarchy and t ...

between c. 927 and c. 930, and the first one to have been recognized by the

Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople The ecumenical patriarch of Constantinople () is the List of ecumenical patriarchs of Constantinople, archbishop of Constantinople and (first among equals) among the heads of the several autocephalous churches that comprise the Eastern Orthodox ...

* Demetrius Zvonimir of Croatia (died 1089), King of

Croatia Croatia, officially the Republic of Croatia, is a country in Central Europe, Central and Southeast Europe, on the coast of the Adriatic Sea. It borders Slovenia to the northwest, Hungary to the northeast, Serbia to the east, Bosnia and Herze ...

1075–1089 * Demetrius I of Georgia, son of

David IV of Georgia David IV, also known as David IV the Builder ( ka, დავით IV აღმაშენებელი, tr; 1073 – 24 January 1125), of the Bagrationi dynasty, was the 5th king ('' mepe'') of the Kingdom of Georgia from 1089 until his d ...

the Great, (1125–1156) * Demetrio Progoni (1208-1216), medieval Albanian prince

Modern

*Pseudo-Demetrius I, also known as

False Dmitry I False Dmitry I or Pseudo-Demetrius I () reigned as the Tsar of all Russia from 10 June 1605 until his death on 17 May 1606 under the name of Dmitriy Ivanovich (). According to historian Chester S.L. Dunning, Dmitry was "the only Tsar ever raise ...

, Tsar of Russia, ruled 1605–1606 * Demetrius the Neomartyr (1779–1803), Orthodox Christian martyr and saint * Pope Demetrius II of Alexandria, ruled in 1861–1870 * Demetrius Stefanovich Schilizzi (1839–1893) * Demetriu Radu (1861–1920), Romanian Greek Catholic bishop * Demetrios Trakatellis (born 1928), Greek Orthodox Archbishop of America and Exarch of the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. In office since 1999. * Dimitrios Salpingidis, Greek footballer *

Dimitris Papadopoulos (football) Dimitrios Papadopoulos (; born 20 October 1981 in Uzbekistan, Jizzakh region, Mirzachul district) is a Greeks, Greek former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Forward (association football)#Striker, striker. Club car ...

, Greek footballer * Demetrious Johnson (American football) (1961–2022), American football player * Dimitrios Douros (born 1980), Greek baseball player * Demetrious Johnson (born 1986), American mixed martial arts fighter * Demetrius Rhaney (born 1992), American football player * Dimitrios Siovas, Greek footballer * Demetrius Treadwell (born 1991), American basketball player for

Hapoel Gilboa Galil Hapoel Gilboa Galil () is a professional basketball club that is based in north-east Israel. The club plays its home game in the Israeli Basketball Premier League (the top tier of Israeli basketball) in a 2,250-seat arena in Gan Ner. History T ...

of the Israeli League Liga Leumit *Temetrius Jamel Ja Morant (born 1999), American basketball player for

Memphis Grizzlies The Memphis Grizzlies (referred to locally as the Grizz) are an American professional basketball team based in Memphis, Tennessee. The Grizzlies compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Southwest Division of the ...

in the

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Fictional characters

* Demetrius (Shakespeare), 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 *Demetrius, one of the Titans in the two-part ''

Charmed ''Charmed'' is an American fantasy drama television series created by Constance M. Burge and produced by Aaron Spelling and his production company Spelling Television, with Brad Kern serving as showrunner. The series was originally broadc ...

'' episode "Oh My Goddess!" *Demetrius Desmond, a character in Tatsuya Endo's ''

Spy × Family ''Spy × Family'' (stylized as ''SPY×FAMILY'' and pronounced "spy family") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tatsuya Endo. The story follows Loid Forger, an enigmatic spy who has to "build a family" to execute a missio ...

'' *Demetrius, a character in Eric Barone's game, '' Stardew Valley'' *Demetrios, a character in ''

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles ''The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles'' (sometimes referred to as ''Young Indy'') is an American television series that aired on ABC from March 4, 1992, to July 24, 1993. Filming took place in various locations around the world, with "Old Indy" ...

'' *Demetri, a fictional character in the ''

Twilight Twilight is daylight illumination produced by diffuse sky radiation when the Sun is below the horizon as sunlight from the upper atmosphere is scattered in a way that illuminates both the Earth's lower atmosphere and also the Earth's surf ...

'' fantasy series * Demitri Maximoff, a vampire from the Capcom video game series ''Darkstalkers'' *Dmitri Kissoff, a character in Stanley Kubrick's '' Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb'' *Dimitri Petrenko, a character in the first-person shooter '' Call of Duty: World at War''

In other languages

* * (Źmicier, Źmitrok, Dzmitry) * (Dimitar) * * * * * ka, დემეტრე ( Demetre), დიმიტრი (Dimitri) * *Modern ( Dimitrios, Dimitris, Mitros, Mitsos, Mitsaras, Dimis) * * * * * * * ( Dmitriy, Mitja) * * * * * (

) * *

References

Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology The ''Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology'' is a biographical dictionary of classical antiquity, edited by William Smith (lexicographer), William Smith and originally published in London by John Taylor (English publisher), Tayl ...

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