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δ429ΔημήτριοςDemetrius, Demetrios… near to Diospolis in the marshes. When the father of Demetrius Poliorcetes was an old man, the hopes of the kingdom brought to him in succession both command and the good will of the …Matched in translationhighmedium
δ431ΔημήτριοςDemetrios, Demetrius… (Athens). Part of this sentence reappears at sigma 1799. [3] Demetrius (of Phalerum] 27 SOD. [For the abbreviation see under delta 429] [4] A ritual cessation of hostilities prior to one of the great …Matched in noteshighmedium
δ6Δᾳδουχεῖbears a torch, is a torch-bearer

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Demetrius, Demetrios

Son of Phanostratus, of Phalerum (Phalerum is a harbour in Attica); he was called Phanus at first; a Peripatetic philosopher. He wrote on philosophy, history, rhetoric and politics, and about poets. He studied with…

Δημήτριος, Φανοστράτου, Φαληρεύς [Φάληρον δὲ λιμὴν τῆς Ἀττικῆσ], ὃς τὸ πρῶτον Φανὸς ἐκαλεῖτο· φιλόσοφος Περιπατητικός. γέγραφε φιλόσοφά τε καὶ ἱστορικὰ καὶ ῥητορικὰ καὶ πολιτικὰ…

… of Stratokles in 302 BC which (for the benefit of Demetrius Poliorcetes) tampered with the timing of the Eleusinian Mysteries; see generally C. Habicht, Athens from Alexander to Antony (Cambridge Mass. 1997) 79-80).

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δ448ΔημόκριτοςDemocritus, Demokritos… From Diogenes Laertius 9.37, where this material is credited to Demetrius of Phaleron (delta 429). [2] One wonders how Democritus could know unless he had been actively involved. On Hippocrates, see iota 564. [3] …Matched in noteshighmedium