Demetrius I Poliorcetes

Demetrius I of Macedon in Wikipedia

Demetrius I (Greek: Δημήτριος, 337-283 BC), called Poliorcetes (Greek: Πολιορκητής - "The Besieger"), son of Antigonus I Monophthalmus and Stratonice, was a king of Macedon (294–288 BC). He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty. Biography At the age of twenty-two he was left by his father to defend Syria against Ptolemy the son of Lagus; he was totall...

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Demetrius in Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities

A son of Antigonus and Stratonicé, surnamed Poliorcetes (Πολιορκητής), "besieger of cities," from his talents as an engineer and his peculiar skill in conducting sieges, especially by the aid of machines and engines either invented or improved by himself. At the age of twenty-two he was sent by his father against Ptolemy (B.C. 312), who had invaded...

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