Papias may refer to:
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Papias (admiral) Papias was a Roman admiral in the 1st century BC. During the Roman civil wars he participated in War between Sextus Pompey and the Second Triumvirate, Sicilian revolt under the command of Sextus Pompeius.
Appian mentions Papias several times in his ...
, Roman admiral in the 1st century BCE
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Aristeas (sculptor) Aristeas () was part of a duo, along with Papias, of sculptors from Aphrodisium in Cyprus who made the two statues of centaurs, known as the Furietti Centaurs, in dark grey marble which were found at Hadrian's Villa at Tivoli, Lazio in 1746, a ...
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Papias of Hierapolis
Papias () was a Greeks, Greek Apostolic Father, Bishop of Hierapolis (modern Pamukkale, Turkey), and author who lived c. 60 – c. 130 AD He wrote the ''Exposition of the Sayings of the Lord'' () in five books. This work, which is lost apart fr ...
, Greek Apostolic Father,
Bishop of Hierapolis
The diocese of Hierapolis, was a Christian bishopric in Phrygia (modern central Turkey).
Through the influence of the Christian apostle Paul, a church was founded at Hierapolis while he was at Ephesus. The Christian apostle Philip spent the las ...
and author (c.60-c.130 AD)
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Papias (lexicographer)
Papias (''fl.'' 1040s–1060s) was a Latin lexicographer from Italy. Although he is often referred to as Papias the Lombard, little is known of his life, including whether he actually came from Lombardy. ''The Oxford History of English Lexicography ...
, author of ''Elementarium Doctrinae Erudimentum'' (1040s)
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''Papias'' (butterfly), a genus of skipper butterflies
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Papias (Byzantine office), office for eunuchs in the imperial palace administration
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