Parthenius
# Parthenius

Parthenius or Parthenios (Greek: Παρθένιος) may refer to:

## People

* Parthenius of Nicaea (1st-century BC–14 AD), Greek grammarian and poet
* Parthenius of Chios, Greek epic poet. Son of Thestor, attested only in Suda. Modern historians suggests that this is the real name of the Thestorides
* Saint Parthenius (died 4th-century, Rome), Armenian saint and martyr from Rome, who suffered martyrdom during the reign of Decius
* Hierarch Parthenius of Lampsacus, bishop of Lampsacus in the 4th century, Greek Orthodox patron saint of cancer patients
* One of several Greek Patriarchs of Alexandria
* One of several Ecumenical Patriarchs of Constantinople
* The chief chamberlain of Domitian (died 96)

## Geography

* A river which is now named Bartın River in northern Anatolia
* Bartın, a city in Turkey
* Mount Parthenion, Greece
