Parthenius

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The name Parthenius may refer to one of several persons:

• the Greek grammarian and poet Parthenius of Nicaea
• the Armenian Saint Parthenius
• Hierarch Parthenius, bishop of Lampsacus in the 4th century
• one of several Patriarchs of Alexandria
• one of several Patriarchs of Constantinople
• the chief chamberlain of Domitian (died 96)
• a silver-chaser mentioned in the satires of Juvenal

and

• the classical name of the Bartın River in northern Anatolia.
• a river-god in Greek mythology, son of Oceanus and Tethys, spirit of the above river.

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