Arethas
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Arethas is the Greek form of the Arab
name Al-Harith. It can refer to:
Arab
Arab people, also known as Arabs , are a panethnicity primarily living in the Arab world, which is located in Western Asia and North Africa. They are identified as such on one or more of genealogical, linguistic, or cultural grounds, with tribal affiliations, and intra-tribal relationships playing...
name Al-Harith. It can refer to:
- Arethas (martyr) (died ca. 520), Arab Christian martyr in YemenYemenThe Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
- Arethas the Kindite (ca. 498–528), ruler of the Kindite Arabs
- Al-Harith ibn JabalahAl-Harith ibn JabalahAl-Ḥārith ibn Jabalah , [Flavios] Arethas in Greek sources and Khalid ibn Jabalah in later Islamic sources, was a king of the Ghassanids, a pre-Islamic Arab people who lived on the eastern frontier of the Byzantine Empire. The fifth Ghassanid ruler of that name, he reigned from ca...
, Ghassanid king (r. 528–569) - Arethas of CaesareaArethas of CaesareaArethas of Caesarea became Archbishop of Caesarea early in the 10th century, and is reckoned one of the most scholarly theologians of the Greek Orthodox Church.-Life:He was born at Patrae . He was a disciple of Photius...
, archbishop of Caesarea in the 10th century