Tryphon, Triphon, or Trypho may refer to:
People
People of church
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Diodotus Tryphon
Diodotus Tryphon (, ''Diódotos Trýphōn''), nicknamed "The Magnificent" () was a Greek king of the Seleucid Empire. Initially an official under King Alexander I Balas, he led a revolt against Alexander's successor Demetrius II Nicator in 144 ...
(fl. 144–138 BC), Seleucid ruler
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Salvius Tryphon
Salvius Tryphon was an aulos player who was proclaimed king by the rebelling slaves of ancient Sicily during the Second Servile War against Rome.
The Second Servile War
In 104 BC the Consul Gaius Marius was recruiting soldiers (legionaries and It ...
(fl. c. 100 BC), rebel slave
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Tryphon (grammarian)
Tryphon or Trypho (, ''gen''.: Τρύφωνος; c. 60 BC – 10 BC) was a Greek grammarian who lived and worked in Alexandria. He was a contemporary of Didymus Chalcenterus.
He wrote several specialized works on aspects of language and grammar, ...
(c. 60 BC – 10 BC), Greek grammarian
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Tarfon
Rabbi Tarfon or Tarphon (, from the Greek language, Greek Τρύφων ''Tryphon'' literally "one who lives in luxury" Trifon), a Kohen, was a member of the Tannaim#The generations of the Tannaim, third generation of the Mishnah sages, who lived ...
(c. 100), Jewish rabbi
* Trypho (fl. 2nd century), Jewish philosopher in ''
Dialogue with Trypho
The ''Dialogue with Trypho'', along with the First and Second Apologies, is a second-century Christian apologetic text, usually agreed to be dated in between AD 155-160. It is seen as documenting the attempts by theologian Justin Martyr to show ...
'', possibly same as the rabbi
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Trypho (theologian)
Trypho (; ) was a Christian theologian and Bible scholar of the 3rd century. He was a pupil of Origen.
In Jerome's ''De viris illustribus'', he writes that Trypho wrote on the red heifer ( Numbers 19) and about the sacrifices offered by Abraham i ...
(fl. AD 240), Bible scholar
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Tryphon (Turkestanov)
Metropolitan Tryphon (; born Prince Boris Petrovich Turkestanov (Борис Петрович Туркестанов) November 29, 1861, Moscow — June 14, 1934) is a revered hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church. In 1901 he became the Bishop ...
(1861–1934), hierarch of the Russian Orthodox Church
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Saint Tryphon (disambiguation) Saint Tryphon, Triphon or Trifon may refer to:
Saints
*Tryphon of Campsada, 3rd-century saint
*Tryphon of Constantinople, Patriarch of Constantinople (928–931)
*Tryphon of Pechenga, 16th-century saint
*Tryphon of Vyatka
Tryphon of Vyatka (Ru ...
, several saints
Other people
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Tryphon Kin-Kiey Mulumba
Tryphon Kin-Kiey Mulumba (born 4 September 1949, in Kindambi, Belgian Congo) is a DR Congo, Congolese politician. He was formerly the Minister of Relations with Parliament of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Parliament and the Minister of P ...
(born 1949), Congolese politician
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Tryphon Samaras
Tryphon Samaras (Greek: ''Τρύφωνας Σαμαράς'') is a Greek hairdresser and television personality.
Youthful years
He was born in Athens, and grew up in Agios Dimitrios, Attica
Attica (, ''Attikḗ'' (Ancient Greek) or , or ...
, Greek hairdresser and television personality
* (born 1944), Cypriot-Israeli singer
Other
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''Tryphon'' (play), a 1668 play by the Irish writer Roger Boyle
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''Tryphon'' (wasp), a genus in the family Ichneumonidae
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Professor Calculus
Professor Cuthbert Calculus ( , meaning "Professor Tryphon Sunflower") is a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin'', the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. He is Tintin (character), Tintin's friend, an absent-minded profess ...
(), a fictional character in ''The Adventures of Tintin''
See also
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Trifon, Russian variant of the name
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