Theon may refer to: * The Ancient Greek word for God or gods; see *

Theon, Washington Theon was a town in Asotin County, Washington, Asotin County, Washington (state), Washington. Established in 1884, Theon was named after Daniel Theon Welch, a local merchant. A post office called Theon operated from 1880 to 1909. References

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Theon Junior (crater) Theon Junior is a lunar impact crater that is located just to the west-southwest of the crater Delambre. It forms a matching pair with Theon Senior, only a couple of crater diameters to the north-northwest. The crater is circular and bowl-shaped, ...

, a lunar impact crater *

Theon Senior (crater) Theon Senior is a lunar impact crater that is located to the northwest of the crater Delambre, and south of D'Arrest. It forms a matching pair with Theon Junior, about two crater diameters to the south-southeast. The satellite crater Theon Senior ...

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Theon (1st century BC) Theon ( grc, Θέων; fl. 1st century BC) of Alexandria was a grammarian who taught at Rome in the reigns of the emperors Augustus and Tiberius. He succeeded Areius in this role, and was succeeded by Apion. He was the son of the grammarian Artemid ...

, literary critic and lexicographer * Theon (rhetorician) (c. 500), teacher of Damascius * Theon, vocalist for

Lovex Lovex is a rock band from Tampere, Finland. History Lovex started officially in 2001–2002, when several musicians who had previously played in other bands, decided to start their own band to play rock music and have fun. By 2004 they had wri ...

Theon of Alexandria Theon of Alexandria (; grc, Θέων ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς; 335 – c. 405) was a Greek scholar and mathematician who lived in Alexandria, Egypt. He edited and arranged Euclid's '' Elements'' and wrote commentaries on works ...

(c. 335 – c. 405), a Greek astronomer and mathematician *

Theon of Samos Theon of Samos ( grc, Θέων ὁ Σάμιος) was an ancient Greek painter during the era of Alexander the Great, is mentioned by Quintilian as a good artist of the second rank. If we may trust the somewhat flimsy stories told about him, his ...

, painter * Theon of Smyrna (c. 70 – c. 135), philosopher and mathematician

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Aelius Theon Aelius Theon ( grc, Αἴλιος Θέων, ''gen''.: Θέωνος) was an Alexandrian sophist and author of a collection of preliminary exercises (''progymnasmata'') for the training of orators. He probably lived and wrote in the mid to late 1st ...

(mid to late first century A.D.), teacher of rhetorics * Alma Théon (1843–1908), clairvoyant and occultist * Max Théon (1848–1927), kabbalist and occultist

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