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Demetrius of Phalerum

DEMETRIO DI FALERO

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Also known as: Greek: Δημήτριος ὁ Φαληρεύς; Demetrios of Phaleron, Demetrius of Phaleron; French: Démétrios de Phalère; Italian: Demetrio Falereo; Latin: Demetrius Phalereus

DEMETRIUS OF PHALERUM. - Aristotelian, b. ca. 350 B.C., for 10 years dictator of Athens, from where (307) he took refuge in Egypt, under Ptolemy Lagus. He collaborated on Egyptian legislation. Ptolemy II Philadelphus (286-247), formerly his enemy, had him interned as soon as he became king. The report of Pseudo-Aristeas is therefore fanciful, which traces the origin of the Greek version of the Septuagint back to an intervention by D. with Philadelphus.

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BIBL.: E. Schürer, Geschichte des jüdischen Volkes, III, 3rd ed., Leipzig 1898, pp. 308 ff., 446; J.-M. Lagrange, Le judaïsme avant Jésus-Christ, 2nd ed., Paris 1931, pp. 301-30.

Francesco Spadafora

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By Francesco Spadafora

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), col. 1397.

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Spadafora, Francesco. “Demetrio di Falero.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, col. 1397. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/demetrio-di-falero.

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Spadafora, Francesco. “Demetrio di Falero.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1397. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/demetrio-di-falero.

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  author    = {Spadafora, Francesco},
  title     = {Demetrio di Falero},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {IV},
  pages     = {1397},
  note      = {Cited by column},
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  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
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