See also:

• DEMETRIUS

DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS (c. 345—283 B.C.)  , See also:

• ATTIC (i.e. "in the Attic style ")

Attic orator, statesman and philosopher, See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Phalerum, was a See also:

• PUPIL (Lat. pupillus, orphan, minor, dim. of pupus, boy, allied to puer, from root pm- or peu-, to beget, cf. "pupa," Lat. for " doll," the name given to the stage intervening between the larval and imaginal stages in certain insects)

pupil of See also:

• THEOPHRASTUS

Theophrastus and an adherent of the Peripatetic school . He governed the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city of See also:

• ATHENS
• ATHENS ['AN vat, Athenae, modem colloquial Greek `Ath va]

Athens as representative of See also:

• CASSANDER (c. 350—297 B.C.)
• CASSANDER (or CASSANT), GEORGE (1513-1566)

Cassander (q.v.) for ten years from 317 . It is said that he so won the See also:

• HEARTS

hearts of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people that 36o statues were erected in his See also:

• HONOUR (Lat. honos or lwnor, honoris; in English the word was spelled with or without the u indifferently until the 17th century, but during the 18th century it became fashion-able to spell the word " honor "; Johnson's and Webster's Dictionaries stereoty

honour; but opinions are divided as to the See also:

• CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of his See also:

• RULE

rule . On the restoration of the old See also:

• DEMOCRACY (Gr. 3np.oKparia, from S)µos, the people, i.e. the commons, and Kparos, rule)

democracy by See also:

• DEMETRIUS

Demetrius Poliorcetes, he was condemned to See also:

• DEATH

death by the fickle Athenians and obliged to leave the city . He escaped to See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt, where he was protected by See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy Lagus, to whom he is said to have suggested the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

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:

• ASP ( Vipera aspis)

asp . Demetrius composed a large number of See also:

• WORKS

works on See also:

• POETRY

poetry, See also:

• HISTORY

history, politics, See also:

• RHETORIC (Gr. psroperctj TEXvq, the art of the orator)

rhetoric and accounts of embassies, all of which are lost . The See also:

• TREATISE

treatise IIepi `Ep nnveias (on rhetorical expression), which is often ascribed to him, is probably the See also:

• WORK

work of a later Alexandrian (1st See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century A.D.) of the same name; it has been edited by L . Radermacher (1901) and W . Rhys See also:

• ROBERTS, DAVID (1796-1864)
• ROBERTS, FREDERICK SLEIGH ROBERTS, EARL

Roberts (1902), the last-named providing See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation, introduction, notes, glossary and See also:

• COMPLETE

complete bibliography . Fragments in C . See also:

• MULLER, FERDINAND VON, BARON (1825–1896)
• MULLER, FRIEDRICH (1749-1825)
• MULLER, GEORGE (1805-1898)
• MULLER, JOHANNES PETER (18o1-1858)
• MULLER, JOHANNES VON (1752-1809)
• MULLER, JULIUS (18oi-1878)
• MULLER, KARL OTFRIED (1797-1840)
• MULLER, LUCIAN (1836-1898)
• MULLER, WILHELM (1794-1827)
• MULLER, WILLIAM JAMES (1812-1845)

Muller, Frag .

Hist . Graec. ii. p . 362 . See A . Holm, History of See also:

• GREECE

Greece (Eng. trans.), iv . 6o .