Philemon
Philemon [ fiˈleːmɔn ] is a male given name .
variants
- Phil (short form)
- Philémon (French)
- Filemon (Polish)
- Phile
- Philmon or Filmon (Eritrean)
Origin and meaning
The first name Philemon comes from the Greek and means the friendly .
name day
Well-known name bearers
Ancient people
- Philemon , addressee in Paul's letter to Philemon
- Philemon the Elder (around 360 – around 264 BC), Greek poet. Wrote plays in Athens , according to Menandros in the style of "New Comedy "
- Philemon the Younger , Attic comedy poet of the 3rd century BC Chr.
- Philemon (glossographer) , Attic glossographer during the turn of the 3rd to 2nd century BC. Chr.
- Philemon (2nd century BC) , Attic comedy poet of the 2nd century BC Chr.
- Philemon (gem cutter) , Roman gem cutter in the late Republic
- Philemon (1st century AD), Greek geographer whose work has survived across Ireland and Northern Europe.
- Philemon (stonemason) , possibly Roman stonemason of the imperial era
- Titos Aurelios Philemon Philades , Archon of Athens (158–159 AD)
- Philemon (Greek grammarian) , 2nd century Greek grammarian and atticist
- Philemon (Latin grammarian) , Latin grammarian and teacher of Emperor Maxentius in the 3rd century
- Philemon (martyr) (died 305?), Martyr and saint (Memorial Day March 8); Model for Jakob Bidermann's play Philemon Martyr
Post-ancient people
- Philemon Holland (1552–1637), English translator
- Philemon, David Nerreter's religious name in the Pegnese Flower Order (1649–1726), general superintendent in Western Pomerania
- Philemon Ewer (1702–1750), English shipbuilder (for example the HMS Salisbury, on which James Lind researched scurvy)
- Philemon Dickinson (1739-1809), American politician (Senator 1790-1793)
- Philemon Wright (1760-1839), Canadian entrepreneur, founder of Wrightville (now Gatineau)
- Philemon Thomas (1763–1847), American politician (Congressman 1831–1835)
- Philemon Beecher (1775–1839), American lawyer and congressman
- Philemon (Patriarch) , Roman Orthodox Patriarch of Antioch (1766–1767)
- Philemon Dickerson (1788–1862), American Congressman
- Philemon Paul Maria (1788–?), Son of Ludwig Engelbert, honorary canon of Namur
- Philemon Bliss (1813–1889) American judge and politician
- Philemon T. Herbert (1825–1864), American Congressman (1855–1857)
- Philemon Beecher Van Trump (1839-1916), American mountaineer (first ascent of Mount Rainier)
- Nathan Philemon Bryan (1872-1935), American politician (Senator 1911-1917)
- Philémon Cousineau (1874–1959), Canadian judge and politician
- Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876–1988), American artist
- Filemon yElifas lyaShindondola , King of Ondonga 1970–1975
- Philémon Yang (* 1947), Cameroonian politician
- Philemon Wehbi , Lebanese composer and musician
- Philemon Mukarno (* 1968), Dutch-Indonesian composer
- Philemon Masinga (1969-2019), South African soccer player
- Philemon Hanneck (* 1971), Zimbabwean / American long-distance runner
- Philemon Kipkering Metto , Kenyan marathon runner (winner of the South Tyrol Marathon 2006)
- Filmon Ghirmai (* 1979), German obstacle runner
- Filemon Wesselink (* 1979), Dutch TV presenter for BNN
- Bart Philemon (* 1945), Papua New Guinea politician
Literary characters
The name Philemon is also known from the episode of Philemon and Baucis in the Metamorphoses of Ovid . Goethe later took up these characters in his Faust II and lets them appear in the fifth act. Max Frisch also used them in his novel Mein Name sei Gantenbein , whose protagonists metaphorically slip into the roles of Philemon and Baucis.
Philemon is also the name of a main character in Carl Wilhelm Frölich's book About Man and His Relationships .
Furthermore, Philémon is the name of a comic figure by the French illustrator Fred Othon Aristidès .
Filemonaltenreich is the name of the elephant philosopher in Michael Ende 's book of the same name.
Others
In biology is Philemon the scientific name of the species of leather heads of the family of honeyeater z. B. Lärmlederkopf = Philemon corniculatus .
literature
- Letter of the Apostle Paul to Philemon (standard translation ): Phlm EU
- Schwab: Philemon and Baucis in the Gutenberg-DE project
