Demetrius Phalereus (dĭmē`trēəs fəlēr`
s, fəlēr`ēəs) [Lat.,=of Phalerum], d. c.280 B.C., Athenian orator. One of the first Peripatetics Peripatetics [Gr.,=walking about; from Aristotle's manner in teaching], the followers of Aristotle. Theophrastus, friend of Aristotle and cofounder with him of the Peripatetic school of philosophy, succeeded him as its head (323 B.C.
..... Click the link for more information. , he wrote extensively in history, rhetoric, and literary criticism. He was governor of Athens (317–307 B.C.) under Cassander Cassander , 358–297 B.C., king of Macedon, one of the chief figures in the wars of the Diadochi. The son of Antipater, he was an officer under Alexander the Great, but there was ill feeling between them.
..... Click the link for more information. . 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.
s, fəlēr`ēəs) [Lat.,=of Phalerum], d. c.280 B.C., Athenian orator. One of the first Peripatetics Peripatetics [Gr.,=walking about; from Aristotle's manner in teaching], the followers of Aristotle. Theophrastus, friend of Aristotle and cofounder with him of the Peripatetic school of philosophy, succeeded him as its head (323 B.C...... Click the link for more information. , he wrote extensively in history, rhetoric, and literary criticism. He was governor of Athens (317–307 B.C.) under Cassander Cassander , 358–297 B.C., king of Macedon, one of the chief figures in the wars of the Diadochi. The son of Antipater, he was an officer under Alexander the Great, but there was ill feeling between them.
..... Click the link for more information. . 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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