Demetrius (father of Philip)
Also known as: Demetrius · Family: Macedonians · Role: father of Philip · First appears: Book 1 · Chapter 36
In Book 1, Chapter 36, Demetrius became the first of his family to rule Macedonia after slaying Alexander, son of Cassander. He was the father of Philip, who was later described as king of the Macedonians.
By Book 4, Chapter 29, Demetrius’s Macedonian forces had been defeated and fled Messene. In Book 6, Chapter 16, Antigonus was serving as regent for Philip, son of Demetrius. In Book 8, Chapter 50, Philip was described as having poisoned Aratus of Sicyon and having sent men to kill Philopœmen.
Relationship record
Life events
- Demetrius became the first of his family to rule Macedonia after slaying Alexander, the son of Cassander.(Book 1 · Chapter 36 · 📍 Macedonia)
- With: Alexander (son of Cassander)
- “This Philip was the son of Demetrius: who was the first of the family who was king of Macedonia, after slaying Alexander the son of Cassander”
- Demetrius’s Macedonian forces were defeated and fled Messene.(Book 4 · Chapter 29 · 📍 Messene)
- “The Macedonians from their courage and tactical skill fought at first like lions: but at last spent with their long march, and not only pressed hard by men, but pelted with tiles and stones by the women, fled in disorder.”
Book 1 · Chapter 36
- child: Philip (son of Demetrius) “This Philip was the son of Demetrius: who was the first of the family who was king of Macedonia, after slaying Alexander the son of Cassander, as I have before related.”
- with Alexander (son of Cassander) (Demetrius slew Alexander.) “This Philip was the son of Demetrius: who was the first of the family who was king of Macedonia, after slaying Alexander the son of Cassander, as I have before related.”
Book 2 · Chapter 8
- child: Philip (son of Demetrius) “Antigonus (the Regent for Philip the son of Demetrius)”
Book 4 · Chapter 29
- child: Philip (son of Demetrius) “Demetrius, the son of Philip the son of Demetrius, attacked Messene.”
Book 6 · Chapter 16
- child: Philip (son of Amyntas) (Demetrius is Philip's father.) “Antigonus, the Regent for Philip the son of Demetrius”
Book 7 · Chapter 7
- child: Philip (son of Demetrius) “Antigonus was at this time ruler of the Macedonians, being Regent for Philip, the son of Demetrius, who was quite a boy; he was Philip’s uncle and also stepfather.”
Book 7 · Chapter 17
- child: Philip (son of Demetrius) “Dyme was the only town in Achaia that Philip the son of Demetrius reduced in war.”
Book 8 · Chapter 50
- with Philip (son of Demetrius) (Philip is identified as Demetrius's son.) “Philip indeed, the son of Demetrius, the king of the Macedonians, who also poisoned Aratus of Sicyon, sent men to Megalopolis with orders to kill Philopœmen, and though unsuccessful in this he was execrated by all Greece.”
- child: Philip (son of Demetrius) (Demetrius is Philip's father.) “Philip indeed, the son of Demetrius, the king of the Macedonians, who also poisoned Aratus of Sicyon, sent men to Megalopolis with orders to kill Philopœmen”
Book 10 · Chapter 33
- child: Philip (son of Demetrius) (Demetrius is Philip's father.) “Philip the son of Demetrius”
Book 10 · Chapter 34
- child: Philip (son of Demetrius) (Demetrius is the father of Philip.) “But Philip, the son of Demetrius, inspired the greatest terror in the minds of the populace at Elatea”
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