Demetrius

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A number of notables in classical antiquity are named Demetrius:

• Demetrius, a writer of Old Comedy ca. 400 BC, mentioned by Diogenes Laertius
• Demetrius of Alopece, sculptor 5th/4th century BC
• Demetrius Phalereus, philosopher and statesman of 4th century BC
• Demetrius I of Macedon Poliorcetes (336-283 BC)
• Demetrius the Fair, son of Poliorcetes
• Demetrius II of Macedon (276-229 BC)
• Demetrius of Pharos, ruler in Illyria 3rd century BC
• Demetrius I of Bactria
• Demetrius, Indo-Greek king ca 180-165 BC
• Demetrius I of Syria, Seleucid king
• Demetrius II of Syria, his son
• Demetrius of Scepsis, grammarian and archaeologist 3rd century BC
• Demetrius Ixion, grammarian 2nd century BC
• Demetrius Lacon, Epicurean philosopher 2nd century BC
• Demetrius, composed a guide to letter-writing with 21 types and examples of each type
• Demetrius of Magnesia, writer
• Demetrius, rhetorical stylist
• Demetrius III of Syria, Seleucid king 1st century BC
• Demetrius of Tarsus, grammarian
• Demetrius the Cynic, philsopher 1st century
• Demetrius of Troezen, 1st century writer on literary history, mentioned by Athenaeus and Diogenes Laertius