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Demetrius of Phalerum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Demetrius Phalereus ( - died approximately 280 BC) was an Athenian orator and one of the first Peripatetics. Demetrius wrote extensively on the subjects of history, rhetoric, and literary criticism.
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Demetrius (Phalereus) Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake of what was uncertain, have not got what they expected, and have lost what they had, - being unfortunate by an enigmatical sort of calamity ... Demetrius (Phalereus) said: "Men having often abandoned what was visible for the sake..." and:
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Encyclopedia article about Demetrius Phalereus. Information about Demetrius Phalereus in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Computer Desktop Encyclopedia, computing dictionary. ... . In 307 B.C., when Demetrius I took Athens, Demetrius Phalereus was overthrown. Escaping to Egypt, he rose in the favor of Ptolemy I, to whom he is said...
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. In 307 B.C., when Demetrius I took Athens, Demetrius Phalereus was overthrown. Escaping to Egypt, he rose in the favor of Ptolemy I, to whom he is said to have suggested a library. On the accession of Ptolemy Philadelphus, Demetrius again went into exile, dying soon afterward.
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DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS (c. 345-283 B.C.), Attic orator, statesman and philosopher, born at Phalerum, was a pupil of Theophrastus and an adherent of the Peripatetic school. On the restoration of the old democracy by Demetrius Poliorcetes, he was condemned to death by the fickle Athenians and obliged to leave the city.
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The Encyclopedia Britannica is free at the JCSM Study Center! ... DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS (c. 345283 B.C.) , Attic orator, statesman and philosopher, born at Phalerum, was a pupil of Theophrastus and an adherent of the Peripatetic school.
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AllRefer.com reference and encyclopedia resource provides complete information on Demetrius Phalereus, Ancient History, Greece, Biographies. Includes related research links. ... In 307 B.C., when Demetrius I took Athens, Demetrius Phalereus was overthrown. Escaping to Egypt, he rose in the favor of Ptolemy I, to whom he is...
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foundation of the Alexandrian library . Having incurred the displeasure of Lagus's successor Philadelphus, Demetrius was banished to Upper Egypt, where he died (according to some, voluntarily) from the bite of an See also:
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