In
Russian, in 1924–1930, the name "Агато́н" (Agaton) was included into various Soviet calendars,[1] which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.[2] The name is a Westernized form of the more traditional name
Agafon.[3]
Agathon, son of the
MacedonianPhilotas, and the brother of
Parmenion and
Asander, was given as a hostage to
Antigonus in 313 BC, by his brother Asander, satrap of Caria, but was taken back again by Asander in a few days.[4] Agathon had a son, named Asander, who is mentioned in a Greek inscription.[5]
Agathon, at first Reader, then Librarian, at
Constantinople. In 680 AD, during his Readership, he was Notary or Reporter at the 6th General Council, which condemned the
Monothelite heresy. He sent copies of the acts, written by himself, to the five
Patriarchates. In 712 AD he wrote a short treatise, still extant in Greek, on the attempts of
Philippicus Bardanes to revive
Monothelitism.[9][10]
Agathon, son of
Priam and prince of
Troy, is mentioned in the Iliad as being one of the last surviving princes.
Saint Agathon the Stylite
Agathon, one of the
Desert Fathers who lived in Scetis, Lower Egypt
А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-699-14090-5
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In
Russian, in 1924–1930, the name "Агато́н" (Agaton) was included into various Soviet calendars,[1] which included the new and often artificially created names promoting the new Soviet realities and encouraging the break with the tradition of using the names in the Synodal Menologia.[2] The name is a Westernized form of the more traditional name
Agafon.[3]
Agathon, son of the
MacedonianPhilotas, and the brother of
Parmenion and
Asander, was given as a hostage to
Antigonus in 313 BC, by his brother Asander, satrap of Caria, but was taken back again by Asander in a few days.[4] Agathon had a son, named Asander, who is mentioned in a Greek inscription.[5]
Agathon, at first Reader, then Librarian, at
Constantinople. In 680 AD, during his Readership, he was Notary or Reporter at the 6th General Council, which condemned the
Monothelite heresy. He sent copies of the acts, written by himself, to the five
Patriarchates. In 712 AD he wrote a short treatise, still extant in Greek, on the attempts of
Philippicus Bardanes to revive
Monothelitism.[9][10]
Agathon, son of
Priam and prince of
Troy, is mentioned in the Iliad as being one of the last surviving princes.
Saint Agathon the Stylite
Agathon, one of the
Desert Fathers who lived in Scetis, Lower Egypt
А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (Dictionary of Russian Names). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005.
ISBN5-699-14090-5
Name list
This page or section lists people that share the same
given name. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change that link to point directly to the intended article.