Demetrius of Phalerum

Demetrius of Phalerum ( Demetrios Phalereus ) (c. 350 BC; † 280 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher and politician.

Life

He was born in a low level to 345 BC, was a pupil of Theophrastus and won in Athens as a speaker so great impact that King Cassander 318 BC raised him to the head of the administration of the city. His ten-year administration was the happiest period in the later Athenian history, which the Athenians thus recognized that they 360 statues of him - as many as they counted days a year - built. As 307 BC Demetrius Poliorketes marched against Athens, Demetrios went from Phalerum, of the fickle Athenians condemned to death, to Alexandria, where he received honor of Ptolemy I, this assisted in the establishment of the library. However, its successor, Ptolemy II Philadelphus sent him to Upper Egypt into exile, where he allegedly died after 283 BC at the bite of a snake.

Demetrios was a philosopher of the Peripatetic school, and left numerous writings, none of which survived until modern times. The work "On the expression ," which deals with rhetoric, is indeed attributed to him occasionally; more likely, however, is that it comes from the sophists Demetrius of Alexandria, who lived in the time of Marcus Aurelius rule (published among others in the 9th part of the " Rhetores Graeci " of rolling, Stuttgart 1836). See Ostermann, De vita Demetrii Phalerei etc. (2 Tle, Hersfeld and Fulda 1847 1857).

His teacher, the philosopher and botanist Theophrastus he gave a garden, which also includes a sanctuary and a library .. This is now in the National Garden in Athens.

His hometown Phalerum near Athens exists today as Paleo Faliro ( " Old Phalerum ").

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Source

A short biography about him was Diogenes Laertius in the fifth book (lines 75-85 ) written his life and teachings of famous philosophers.