Demetrios of Byzantium (historian)
Demetrios of Byzantium (Greek Δημήτριος) was an ancient Greek historian of the 3rd century BC. He is not to be confused with the eponymous Peripatetic philosopher Demetrios of Byzantium from the 1st century BC. Chr.
Demetrios is only known from a mention in Diogenes Laertios , who reports of two of his works:
- About the expedition of the Galatians from Europe to Asia in 13 books, in which the migration of the Galatians from their conversion to Asia (276 BC) to their settlement in Phrygia after the defeat against Antiochus I Soter (275 or 269 / 268 BC) is depicted.
- About Antiochus, Ptolemy, and Libya under their government in eight books in which the in Cyrenaica be fought part of the conflict between I. Antiochus and Ptolemy II. Philodelphos including the revolt of Magas 275-272 / 1 v. Is described.
Text output
- Paola Ceccarelli: Demetrios of Byzantion. In: Brill's New Jacoby , No. 162.
literature
- Eduard Schwartz : Demetrios 76 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume IV, 2, Stuttgart 1901, Col. 2806.
- Klaus Meister : Demetrios 28. In: The New Pauly (DNP). Volume 3, Metzler, Stuttgart 1997, ISBN 3-476-01473-8 , column 436 f.
Remarks
- ^ Diogenes Laertios 5.83.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Demetrios |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Demetrios of Byzantium |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | ancient Greek historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd century BC Chr. |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd century BC Chr. |