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Headword:
Dêmêtrios
Adler number: delta,431
Translated headword: Demetrios, Demetrius
Vetting Status: high
Translation: [Demetrios] the son of Antigonos [I] and
Ptolemy [I] agreed that there was a treaty of alliance between them for the liberation for all Greece and for the mutual defense of each others' territory.[1] And there was a competition between them as to which would be more of a hindrance in deed to what had been decided. And the Macedonian leader [sc. Demetrios], without a hint of sluggishness, arrives and casts out the garrison at Mounychia,[2] kills Dionysios who had been selected to lead it, and deposes Demetrios of
Phaleron[3] who had reduced the affairs in
Athens to an oligarchy; and he allowed [the Athenians] to be independently governed in accordance with their paternal custom, and [allowed] the Athenians and the Megarians to keep whatever was customary for them from their primordial government. But
Ptolemy, having displayed an exceptional gentleness of manner and generosity in his deeds, inspired the Greeks to devote themselves even more to the hope of being liberated; especially since the encouraging nature of his words and the things that he did made them take heart, in the belief that what was being done occurred for the clear liberation of the Greeks and not out of a desire for empire. Indeed, he leaves the majority of the Greek cities autonomous and began announcing the Isthmian armistice,[4] encouraging them to make the pilgrimage to Isthmia bearing olive branches as though [they would be gathering] for the purpose of liberation. Setting off from there he sailed to Egypt, having installed
Leonidas at the head of the Greek command. He also gained control of all Libya, after Ophellas, the despot of Cyrene, was done away with by a trick at the instigation of
Agathocles in
Sicily.[5] But the agreement between
Ptolemy and Demetrios concerning the accord did not last long.
Greek Original:Dêmêtrios, ho Antigonou, kai Ptolemaios hômologêsan philian sphisin enspondon einai ep' eleutherôsei tês pasês Hellados kai epi tôi têi allêlôn epimachein: kai hamilla ên autoin, poteros mallon ta doxanta ergôi empedôsei. kai ho Makedonikos archôn ou dia scholaiotêtos aphikneitai kai tên te Mounuchiasin ousan phrouran ekballei kai Dionusion, ton epitetagmenon autêi, kteinei kai Dêmêtrion ton Phalêrea methistêsin, hos dê ta Athênêsin êgen eis oligarchian, kai autonomeisthai, kathoti patrion, Athênaiois te kai Megareusin edôken, phulattein te hosa ên sphisin ek tês eis to archaion politeias nomima. ho de Ptolemaios hate diapherontôs tropou praotêta kai philanthrôpian ergois dêlôsas epêre tous Hellênas têi tou eleutherousthai elpidi endidonai sphas epi mallon: epei kai ta epholka tôn logôn kai hôn epratte, tharsein epoiei, pisteuontas hôs epi saphei tôn Hellênôn eleutherôsei kai ouk archês epithumiai ta prattomena gignoito. autonomous te dê tas pleistas tôn Hellênidôn poleôn aphiêsi kai tas Isthmiadas spondas epêngelle keleuôn hoia ep' eleutherôsei thallo- phorountas theôrein eis ta Isthmia. aras de enteuthen apepleusen ep' Aiguptou, Leônidên epi têi Hellênikêi archêi epistêsas: kai Libuês pasês ekratêsen, Ophella tou Kurênaiou dunastou pros Agathokleous kata Sikelian anairethentos dolôi. diemeine de ara ouk epi polu Ptolemaiôi kai Dêmêtriôi hê homologia tês xumbaseôs peri.
Notes:
[1] This treaty of 309 or 308 BCE, mentioned again (as being short-lived) at the end of the entry (and at
epsilon 2459), is not otherwise attested; its historicity is nevertheless accepted by (e.g.) H.H.Schmitt (ed.),
Staatsvertraege no.433. (The entry's material between these 2 sections on the treaty is unidentifiable.)
[2] i.e.
Peiraieus (
Athens). Part of this sentence reappears at
sigma 1799.
[3]
Demetrius (of Phalerum] 27 SOD. [For the abbreviation see under
delta 429]
[4] A ritual cessation of hostilities prior to one of the great Panhellenic festivals, in this instance the Isthmia (at Corinth); cf.
iota 638. The Isthmian armistice is rarely mentioned, but see
Thucydides 8.9.1.
[5] This material reappears at
epsilon 2459 and
omicron 994 (end).
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Translated by: William Hutton on 16 December 2003@16:06:18.
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