Demetrius of Phaleron
c. 350 BCE–c. 280 BCE · Athens
Demetrius of Phaleron was an Athenian statesman, orator, and philosopher of the late 4th and early 3rd century BCE, associated with Aristotle's Peripatetic school. He governed Athens for about a decade under Macedonian backing, then went to Egypt, where tradition links him to the early planning of the Library of Alexandria. He was a prolific writer on history, rhetoric, and politics, though his works survive only in fragments.
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AthensAttica (Greece)
We know they were here, but the specifics of what they did at this stop aren’t recorded yet in our corpus.
About Athens
The intellectual capital of the Greek world, where Socrates questioned in the agora and four great schools—Plato's Academy, Aristotle's Lyceum, the Stoa, and Epicurus' Garden—took root within a single square mile.
In Athens at the same time
Isocrates, Plato, Isaeus, Diogenes of Sinope, Speusippus, Xenocrates of Chalcedon
In the same place & time
Sages whose lives overlapped with Demetrius of Phaleron’s in the same cities, drawn from their recorded journeys.
In the same tradition
Isocrates, Plato, Isaeus, Diogenes of Sinope, Speusippus, Xenocrates of Chalcedon, Apollodorus son of Pasion, Heraclides Ponticus, Hyperides, Lycurgus, Hegesippus, Aeschines, Philip of Opus, Aristotle, Demosthenes, Demades, Aristoxenus, Theophrastus
The world in their lifetime
Thinkers, teachers, and rulers whose lives overlapped with Demetrius of Phaleron’s — a glimpse of the wider world they lived in. Drawn purely from recorded birth and death years.
Graeco-Roman world
- Eudoxus of Cnidus· 390 BCE–337 BCE
- Philip II of Macedon· 382 BCE–336 BCE
- Crates of Thebes· 365 BCE–285 BCE
- Pyrrho· 360 BCE–270 BCE
- Dicaearchus of Messana· 360 BCE–285 BCE
- Dinarchus· 360 BCE–290 BCE
- Hecataeus of Abdera· 360 BCE–290 BCE
- Menander· 342 BCE–290 BCE
- Epicurus· 341 BCE–270 BCE
- Crantor· 340 BCE–275 BCE
- Herophilus of Chalcedon· 335 BCE–280 BCE
- Strato of Lampsacus· 335 BCE–269 BCE
- Zeno of Citium· 334 BCE–262 BCE
- Metrodorus of Lampsacus· 331 BCE–278 BCE
- Cleanthes· 330 BCE–230 BCE
- Hermarchus of Mytilene· 325 BCE–250 BCE
- Lycophron· 320 BCE–250 BCE
- Arcesilaus· 316 BCE–241 BCE
- Aratus Solensis· 315 BCE–240 BCE
- Callimachus· 310 BCE–240 BCE
- Aristarchus of Samos· 310 BCE–230 BCE
- Erasistratus of Ceos· 304 BCE–250 BCE
- Theocritus· 300 BCE–260 BCE
- Ariston of Chios· 300 BCE–240 BCE
Scientists
Egyptian world
Luminaries & Explorers world
Jewish world
Mesopotamian world
Rulers world
- Seleucus I Nicator· 358 BCE–281 BCE
- Demetrius I Poliorcetes· 337 BCE–283 BCE
- Lysimachus· 360 BCE–281 BCE
- Bindusara· –273 BCE
- Chandragupta Maurya· –297 BCE
- Pyrrhus of Epirus· 319 BCE–272 BCE
- Alexander the Great· 356 BCE–323 BCE
- Antigonus I Monophthalmus· 382 BCE–301 BCE
- Philip II of Macedon· 382 BCE–336 BCE
- Ashoka the Great· 304 BCE–232 BCE
Works
No works attributed in the corpus yet.