Demetrius of Alopece

Demetrius Lacon in Wikipedia

Demetrius Lacon or Demetrius of Laconia was an Epicurean philosopher of the late 2nd century BC, and a disciple of Protarchus.[1] He was an older contemporary of Zeno of Sidon and a teacher of Philodemus. Sextus Empiricus quotes part of a commentary by Demetrius on Epicurus, where Demetrius interprets Epicurus' statement that "time is an accident o...

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Demetrius of Alopece in Wikipedia

Demetrius of Alopece,a deme of Athens, was a Greek sculptor of the early part of the 4th century BC, who is said by ancient critics to have been notable for the life-like realism of his statues. His portrait of Pellichus, a Corinthian general, with fat paunch and bald head, wearing a cloak which leaves him half exposed, with some of the hairs of h...

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