# Demetrius (disambiguation)

Demetrius may be a given name.
Demetrius or Demetrios may also refer to:

## People
### Saints

* Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki (270-306), Christian martyr, patron of soldiers
* Pope Demetrius I of Alexandria (189–232), Patriarch of Alexandria, contemporary of Origen
* Saint Demetrius the Neomartyr of the Peloponnese (1779–1803), Christian martyr from Greece

### Kings
#### Macedon

* Demetrius I of Macedon (336–283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes
* Demetrius II of Macedon (276–229 BC), surnamed Aetolicus

#### Georgia

* Demetrius I of Georgia (1125–1156)
* Demetrius II of Georgia (1270–1289)
* Demetrius III of Georgia (1433–1446)

#### Bactria & India

* Demetrius I of Bactria, Greco-Bactrian king reigning from c. 200–180 BC
* Demetrius II of India, ruled briefly during the 2nd century BC
* Demetrius III Aniketos (fl. 100 BC), Indo-Greek king

#### Seleucid Empire

* Demetrius I Soter of Syria (d. 150 BC)
* Demetrius II Nicator of Syria (d. 125 BC)
* Demetrius III Eucaerus (d. 88 BC)

### Philosophers

* Demetrius Phalereus (c.350-c.280), Athenian orator
* Demetrius Lacon (late 2nd century BC), Epicurean philosopher
* Demetrius the Cynic (1st century), Cynic philosopher of Corinth and Rome
* Demetrius of Amphipolis (4th century BC), student of Plato

### Other people

* Demetrius (somatophylax) (died 330 BC), a bodyguard of Alexander the Great
* Claude Demetrius (born August 3, 1916 – May 1, 1988), an African American songwriter
* Demetrius Joyette, Canadian actor
* Demetrius Shipp Jr., American actor
* Demetrius of Alopece (early 4th century BC), sculptor
* Demetrius of Apamea, physiologist
* Demetrius the Fair (c. 285 BC – c. 250 BC), also known as Demetrius of Cyrene, Greek Macedonian prince and Greek Cyrenaean king
* Demetrius of Pharos (d. 214 BC), Illyrian ruler
* Demetrius the Chronographer (late 3rd century BC), Jewish historian
* Demetrius of Scepsis (2nd/3rd century BC), Greek grammarian
* Demetrius (possibly 2nd century BC), author of On Style (often attributed to Demetrius of Phalerum)
* Demetrius (son of Philip V) (d. 180 BC), son of Philip V of Macedon, executed by his father for treason
* Demetrius of Magnesia (1st century BC), writer
* Demetrius (biblical figure), the name of two people in the New Testament
* Demetrius of Antioch (3rd century), bishop of Antioch
* Demetrius Triclinius (c. 1300), Byzantine scholar of ancient Greek literature
* Demetrius Cydones (1324–1397), Byzantine prime minister and theologian
* Demetrius I Starszy (1327–1399), Prince of Bryansk

## Fiction

* Demetrius (play), a play by Friedrich Schiller
* Demetrios (video game), a 2016 video game by COWCAT games
* Demetrius and the Gladiators, a sword and sandal epic film
* Demetrius (A Midsummer Night's Dream), a major character in A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare
* Demetrius, a minor character in Titus Andronicus by William Shakespeare
* Demetrius, a minor character in Antony and Cleopatra by William Shakespeare

## Other uses

* Dimitrios (shipwreck), a wreck of a cargo ship, located on the beach of Gythio, Greece
* Hagios Demetrios, in Thessaloniki, Greece
* Operation Demetrius (1971–1975), a crackdown on paramilitary groups in Ireland by the British Army