Parthenius
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Parthenius may refer to:
- Parthenius of NicaeaParthenius of NicaeaParthenius of Nicaea or Myrlea in Bithynia was a Greek grammarian and poet. According to the Suda, he was the son of Heraclides and Eudora, or according to Hermippus of Berytus, his mother's name was Tetha. He was taken prisoner by Cinna in the Mithridatic Wars and carried to Rome in 72 BC. He...
(1st-century BC–14 AD), Greek grammarian and poet - Saint PartheniusSaint PartheniusSaint Parthenius was an early Christian saint and martyr from Rome, venerated both by Catholic and Orthodox churches. His brother was Saint Calocerus...
(died 4th-century, Rome), Armenian saint and martyr from Rome, who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Decius. - Hierarch Parthenius of Lampsacus, bishop of LampsacusLampsacusLampsacus was an ancient Greek city strategically located on the eastern side of the Hellespont in the northern Troad. An inhabitant of Lampsacus was called a Lampsacene. The name has been transmitted in the nearby modern town of Lapseki.-Ancient history:...
in the 4th century - one of several Greek Patriarchs of Alexandria
- one of several Patriarchs of Constantinople
- the chief chamberlain of DomitianDomitianDomitian was Roman Emperor from 81 to 96. Domitian was the third and last emperor of the Flavian dynasty.Domitian's youth and early career were largely spent in the shadow of his brother Titus, who gained military renown during the First Jewish-Roman War...
(died 96) - the classical name of the Bartın RiverBartin RiverBartın River , is a small river in east of Black Sea Region of Turkey. Its source is Ilgaz Mountains, in Kastamonu Province and Karabük Province, it flows to the north, passes through in Bartın and empties into the Black Sea near Boğaz village in a delta.The last 14 kilometers on the Bartın River,...
in northern Anatolia - a river-god in Greek mythologyGreek mythologyGreek mythology is the body of myths and legends belonging to the ancient Greeks, concerning their gods and heroes, the nature of the world, and the origins and significance of their own cult and ritual practices. They were a part of religion in ancient Greece...
, son of OceanusOceanusOceanus ; , Ōkeanós) was a pseudo-geographical feature in classical antiquity, believed by the ancient Greeks and Romans to be the world-ocean, an enormous river encircling the world....
and TethysTethys (mythology)In Greek mythology, Tethys , daughter of Uranus and Gaia was an archaic Titaness and aquatic sea goddess, invoked in classical Greek poetry but not venerated in cult. Tethys was both sister and wife of Oceanus...
, spirit of the above river - chief tax-collector of the Frankish king Chiliperic who was lynched in 574 AD by angry peasants.