Prodromos (Greek for "forerunner") may refer to: * a title of

John the Baptist John the Baptist ( – ) was a Jewish preacher active in the area of the Jordan River in the early first century AD. He is also known as Saint John the Forerunner in Eastern Orthodoxy and Oriental Orthodoxy, John the Immerser in some Baptist ...

Prodromoi In ancient Greece, the ''prodromoi'' (singular: ''prodromos'') were skirmisher light cavalry. Their name (ancient Greek: ''πρόδρομοι'', ''prοdromoi'', lit. "pre-cursors," "runners-before," or "runners-ahead") implies that these cavalry 'm ...

, a light cavalry unit in Ancient Greece * Prodromos, Paros *

Prodromos, Cyprus Prodromos () is the highest village in Cyprus at above sea level. It is the island's main centre for winter sport, with three ski slopes located on nearby Mount Olympus. The village is part of the Limassol District. The number of inhabitants has ...

Prodromos (neighborhood in Larnaca) Prodromos is a neighborhood in Larnaca, Cyprus. One of its streets is named Prodromou Street. Between the church ( Saint John the Baptist Prodromos Church Larnaca—in Greek, Agios Ioannis Prodromos) and the city walls of Kition, lies the necropo ...

, Cyprus *

Prodromus A prodromus ('forerunner' or 'precursor') aka prodrome is a term used in the natural sciences to describe a preliminary publication intended as the basis for a later, more comprehensive work. It is also a medical term used for a premonitory sympt ...

, a preliminary publication *

Prodromos, Mount Athos The Skete of Prodromos (, ) is a Romanian cenobitic skete belonging to the Great Lavra (Athos), Great Lavra Monastery. It is located in the southeastern extremity (called Vigla, Mount Athos, Vigla) of Mount Athos, near the cave of Athanasios the ...

, an Athonite skete belonging to the Great Lavra Monastery * Prodromos Monastery, in Arcadia

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Theodore Prodromos Theodore Prodromos or Prodromus (; ), probably also the same person as the so-called Ptochoprodromos (Πτωχοπρόδρομος "Poor Prodromos"), was a Byzantine Greek writer, well known for his prose and poetry. Biography Very little is kno ...

( 1100 – c. 1168), Byzantine writer * Prodromos Bodosakis-Athanasiadis (1890–1979), Greek businessman * Prodromos Dreliozis (born 1975), Greek basketball player * Prodromos Kathiniotis, Greek television celebrity and singer * Prodromos Meravidis (1910–1981), Greek film director * Prodromos Nikolaidis (born 1978), Greek-Cypriot basketball player *

Prodromos Tsaousakis Prodromos Moutafoglou (, September 15, 1919 – October 23, 1979), better known by his stage name Prodromos Tsaousakis (Πρόδρομος Τσαουσάκης), was a popular Greek rebetiko singer, songwriter and composer. Biography Tsaousakis ...

(1919–1979), Greek singer, songwriter, and composer

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