Demetrius Poliorcetes
historical figure · 3 works · 3 mentions · 3 anchored passages
Demetrius · Poliorcetes · Demetrius the Alighter · Sacker of Cities
in the texts
Protrepticus
King proclaimed a god by the Athenians, given a sanctuary and altars, who scorned a prepared marriage to Athena and instead took the courtesan Lamia into her sanctuary.
and where he dismounted from his horse on entering Athens, there is a sanctuary of Demetrius "the Alighter," and altars everywhere.
Letters to Lucilius
Macedonian king and conqueror nicknamed 'Sacker of Cities', who captured Stilbo's homeland.
and when Demetrius, surnamed Poliorcetes, "Sacker of Cities," asked him whether he had lost anything, he replied:
On the Steadfastness of the Wise Man
Macedonian king known as 'the Besieger of Cities,' who captured Megara and questioned the philosopher Stilbo.
Demetrius, surnamed Poliorcetes, had captured Megara.