Zeno

Zeno or Zenon (Ancient Greek: Ζήνων) may refer to:

People

  • Zeno (name), including a list of people and characters with the name

Philosophers

  • Zeno of Elea (c.490 – c.430 BC), philosopher, follower of Parmenides, known for his paradoxes
  • Zeno of Citium (333 – 264 BC), founder of the Stoic school of philosophy
  • Zeno of Tarsus (3rd century BC), Stoic philosopher
  • Zeno of Sidon (1st century BC), Epicurean philosopher
  • Zeno of Rhodes (not later than 220 BC), historian and politician.

Other persons of antiquity

  • Zeno of Caunus (3rd century BC), finance minister to the Ptolemies, whose papyri letters (the "Zenon archive") were discovered in the 20th century
  • Zeno (physician) (3rd and 2nd centuries BC), Greek physician
  • Zeno of Cyprus (4th century), Greek physician
  • Zeno of Verona (4th century), saint commemorated in the place name Basilica of San Zeno, Verona, Italy
  • Zeno the Hermit (4th century?) disciple of St. Basil and saint
  • Zeno (consul 448) (447–451), Roman general and consul
  • Zeno (emperor) (c. 425 – 491), Roman Emperor
  • Zeno (Bishop of Mérida) (5th century), Greek Bishop of Mérida, Extremadura

Arts, entertainment, and media

Other

  • Ozone Zeno, a French paraglider design
  • Zeno Mountain Farm, a non-profit, year round organization that hosts camps for people with and without disabilities
  • Zeno, ancient name for the village of Akköse
  • Zeno, Ohio, a community in the United States
  • Zeno (crater), a lunar impact crater, named for Zeno of Citium
  • Zeno (programming language), an imperative procedural programming language designed to be easy to learn and user friendly
  • Zeno-Watch Basel, a Swiss clockmaker company specialised in aviation watches
  • Zenon or Cyclone Numa, 2017 Mediterranean tropical-like cyclone

See also

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