Demetrius (son of Philip)
Also known as: Demetrius / Demetrius I · Family: Macedonian · Role: son of Philip · First appears: Book 2 · Chapter 9
By Book 2, Chapter 9, Demetrius had been poisoned by his youngest brother, Perseus, and his death caused his father, Philip, to die from grief. In Book 4, Chapter 29, Perseus’s audacity against Demetrius and Philip is recalled. By Book 4, Chapter 32, Demetrius and his army had secretly entered Messene by night, when Earlier Æthidas commanded its defenders.
Relationship record
Life events
- Perseus poisoned Demetrius, causing Philip’s death from grief.(Book 2 · Chapter 9)
- With: Perseus Philip (son of Demetrius)
- “for his son Demetrius was poisoned by Perseus, his youngest brother, and so caused his father’s death by sorrow.”
- Demetrius and his army secretly entered Messene while Earlier Æthidas commanded its defenders.(Book 4 · Chapter 32 · 📍 Messene)
- With: Earlier Æthidas Philip (son of Demetrius)
- “And this earlier Æthidas was they say the General of the Messenians, when Demetrius the son of Philip and his army stole into the town by night when they little expected it.”
Book 2 · Chapter 9
- parent: Philip (son of Demetrius) “for his son Demetrius was poisoned by Perseus, his youngest brother, and so caused his father’s death by sorrow”
- siblings with Perseus “for his son Demetrius was poisoned by Perseus, his youngest brother”
- with Perseus (Perseus poisoned Demetrius) “for his son Demetrius was poisoned by Perseus, his youngest brother”
Book 4 · Chapter 29
- parent: Philip (son of Demetrius) “Demetrius, the son of Philip the son of Demetrius, attacked Messene.”
- enemies with Perseus “Most of the audacity displayed by Perseus against Philip and his son Demetrius I have already described in my account about Sicyon”
Book 4 · Chapter 32
- parent: Philip (son of Demetrius) “Demetrius the son of Philip and his army stole into the town by night when they little expected it.”
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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.