Demetrius the Fair (Dêmêtrios ho Kalos; the Greek word means "beautiful", not "blond") was a Macedonian prince. He was an illegitimate son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, sometime king of Macedon, and was half-brother of Antigonus Gonatas, king of Macedon. Apama, widow of king Magas of Cyrenaica, brought Demetrius the Fair over to become ruler of Cyrenaica by being married to her daughter Berenice, who earlier, during Magas's lifetime, had been betrothed to a son of Ptolemy II of Egypt. When Demetrius the Fair arrived, Apama herself made him her lover. Young Berenice did not stand for this: she led an uprising in which Demetrius was killed in Apama's bedroom. The date of the dramatic event is variously estimated by modern authors as about 255 or 250 BC; the earlier date seems likelier, since Berenice at the time was "little more than a child". This Berenice, one of several to bear the name, was the one who later became Queen Berenice II of Egypt, wife of Ptolemy III, and whose hair became the constellation Coma Berenices. The flattering poem "Coma Berenices" by Callimachus (lost, but known in a Latin translation or paraphrase by Catullus), apparently refers to her killing of Demetrius: "Let me remind you how stout-hearted you were even as a young girl: have you forgotten the brave deed by which you gained a royal marriage?" --84.65.13.162 14:00, 29 January 2006 (UTC)Guy Ottewell Demetrius I (337-283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes (Besieger), son of Antigonus I of Macedon and Stratonice was a king of Macedon ( 294 - 288 BC) . He belonged to the Antigonid dynasty. ... Magas (Russian: МагаÌÑ) is the capital of the Republic of Ingushetia, Russia. ... The Roman Empire ca. ...
He was an illegitimate son of Demetrius Poliorcetes, sometime king of Macedon, and was half-brother of Antigonus Gonatas, king of Macedon.
Apama, widow of king Magas of Cyrenaica, brought Demetrius the Fair over to become ruler of Cyrenaica by being married to her daughter Berenice, who earlier, during Magas's lifetime, had been betrothed to a son of Ptolemy II of Egypt.
Demetrius I (337-283 BC), surnamed Poliorcetes (Besieger), son of Antigonus I of Macedon and Stratonice was a king of Macedon (294 - 288 BC).
Demetrius had not the height of his father Antigonus, though he was a tall man. But his countenance was one of such singular beauty and expression that no painter or sculptor ever produced a good likeness of him.
Demetrius took this for his own wearing, and gave the other to Alcimus the Epirot, the best soldier and strongest man of all his captains, the only one who used to wear armour to the weight of two talents, one talent being the weight which others thought sufficient.
Demetrius, however, who should, to say the least, have paid the goddess the respect due to an elder sister, for that was the purport of the city's compliment, filled the temple with such pollutions that the place seemed least profaned when his licence confined itself to common women like Chrysis, Lamia, Demo, and Anticyra.
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