- Acted: 3th Century BC
- Lived: 350-280 BC
- School: Peripatetic
- Main Interests: -
- Influences: -
- Location: Phalerum
Quotes
He advised king Ptolemeus to acquire and study books concerning reign and power, because everything that friends lack the courage to advise their kings, is written in the books.
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DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS
Ιωάννου Στοβαίου Ανθολόγιον: ΜΗ, 27
The eyebrows form a small part of the face, and yet they can darken the whole of life by the scorn they express.
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DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS
Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, Διογένης Λαέρτιος: Ε, 82
Wealth is blind, and its guide, fortune, as well.
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DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS
Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, Διογένης Λαέρτιος: Ε, 82
Everything that steel can attain in war, is won in politics by eloquence.
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DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS
Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, Διογένης Λαέρτιος: Ε, 82
In prosperity, friends do not leave you unless desired, while in adversity they stay away without being forced.
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DEMETRIUS PHALEREUS
Βίοι καὶ γνῶμαι τῶν ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ εὐδοκιμησάντων, Διογένης Λαέρτιος: Ε, 83
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Biography
Demetrius of Phalerum was an ancient Greek philosopher, orator and statesman who was appointed governor of Athens by the Macedonian king Cassander. Demetrius wrote extensively on the subjects of history, rhetoric and literary criticism. As a governor, he favored the upper classes and gave effect to the ideas of such earlier political theorists as Aristotle. When the old democracy was restored, Demetrius escaped to Thebes and then to Egypt, where he became prominent at the court of Ptolemy I, enjoying a high reputation as an orator.
