Agathon ( Anc. Gr. ) is a

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Russian name

In Russian, in 1924–1930, the name "" (''Agaton'') was included into various Soviet calendars,Superanskaya, pp. 22 and 34 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.

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. Елена Душечкина.
Мессианские тенденции в советской антропонимической практике 1920-х - 1930-х годов
The name is a Westernized form of the more traditional name Agafon.Superanskaya, p. 34

Classical antiquity

* Agathon, an

Athenian Athens ( ; el, Αθήνα, Athína ; grc, Ἀθῆναι, Athênai (pl.) ) is both the capital and largest city of Greece. With a population close to four million, it is also the seventh largest city in the European Union. Athens dominates ...

tragic poet of the 5th century BC *Plato's Form of The Good *Agathon, son of the

Macedon Macedonia (; grc-gre, Μακεδονία), also called Macedon (), was an ancient kingdom on the periphery of Archaic and Classical Greece, and later the dominant state of Hellenistic Greece. The kingdom was founded and initially ruled by ...

ian Philotas, 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. Agathon had a son, named Asander, who is mentioned in a Greek inscription. *Agathon of

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, who wrote a work on

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and another on

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s. *Agathon, at first Reader, then Librarian, at

Constantinople la, Constantinopolis ota, قسطنطينيه , alternate_name = Byzantion (earlier Greek name), Nova Roma ("New Rome"), Miklagard/Miklagarth (Old Norse), Tsargrad ( Slavic), Qustantiniya (Arabic), Basileuousa ("Queen of Cities"), Megalopolis (" ...

. In 680 AD, during his Readership, he was Notary or Reporter at the 6th General Council, which condemned the

Monothelite heresy Monothelitism, or monotheletism (from el, μονοθελητισμός, monothelētismós, doctrine of one will), is a theological doctrine in Christianity, that holds Christ as having only one will. The doctrine is thus contrary to dyotheliti ...

. 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 Philippicus ( la, Filepicus; el, Φιλιππικός, Philippikós) was Byzantine emperor from 711 to 713. He took power in a coup against the unpopular emperor Justinian II, and was deposed in a similarly violent manner nineteen months later. ...

to revive

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. *Agathon, son of

Priam In Greek mythology, Priam (; grc-gre, Πρίαμος, ) was the legendary and last king of Troy during the Trojan War. He was the son of Laomedon. His many children included notable characters such as Hector, Paris, and Cassandra. Etymology Mo ...

and prince of

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...

, is mentioned in the ''

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'' as being one of the last surviving princes. *Saint Agathon the Stylite *Agathon, one of the Desert Fathers who lived in Scetis, Lower Egypt * St Agathon

Fictional characters

Karl Agathon Karl C. Agathon (callsign "Helo") is a fictional character on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' TV series, portrayed by Tahmoh Penikett. Appearances Background Agathon is an Electronic Countermeasures Officer, part of a two-person Colonia ...

, a fictional character on the re-imagined ''Battlestar Galactica'' 2004 TV series * Agaton Sax, a fictional detective in the eponymous comedic detective novels written for children by Swedish author Nils-Olof Franzén

References

Notes

Sources

* *А. В. Суперанская (A. V. Superanskaya). "Словарь русских имён" (''Dictionary of Russian Names''). Издательство Эксмо. Москва, 2005. {{Given name Masculine given names ru:Агафон (значения)