This led to the first of a number of periods in which an outside power controlled Athens ; Often the outside power set up a local agent as political boss in Athens ; but when Athens was independent, it operated under its traditional form of government ; even the bosses, like Demetrius of Phalerum, kept the traditional institutions in formal existence.

The second time Demetrius was captured when he tried to escape, Mithradates humiliated him by giving him a golden set of dice, thus hinting that Demetrius II was a restless child who needed toys.

Phraates II set people to pursue Demetrius, but he managed to safely return home to Syria and regained his throne and his queen as well.

The Egyptian queen Cleopatra II set up an army for Demetrius, hoping to engage him in her civil wars against her brother king Ptolemy VIII, but this only added to his grief.

The earliest mentioned collection was by Demetrius of Phalerum, an Athenian orator and statesman of the 4th century BC, who compiled the fables into a set of ten books for the use of orators.

In 230 Origen was asked to settle a dispute in Achaea which required his presence, so he set out by way of Palestine, perhaps without the permission of Demetrius.

Demetrius thus returned to Greece at set about liberating the cities of Greece, expelling Cassander's garrisons, and the pro-Antipatrid oligarchies.

The Turks were inflicting many casualties, including Adhemar's standard-bearer, and Kerbogha set fire to the grass between his position and the crusaders, but this did not deter them: they had visions of three saints riding along with them, led by St. George, St. Demetrius, and St. Maurice.

The Romans also set up Demetrius of Pharos as a power in Illyria to counterbalance the power of Teuta.

* The Library of Alexandria, a library created by Ptolemy Soter and set up by Demetrius Phalereus ( Demetrius of Phaleron ).

When Demetrius advanced far into India one of his generals, Eucratides, made himself king of Bactria, and soon in every province there arose new usurpers, who proclaimed themselves kings and fought against each other.

* The rebel Seleucid general and ruler of Media, Timarchus, who has distinguished himself by defending Media against the emergent Parthians, treats Demetrius I's violent accession to the Seleucid throne as the excuse to declare himself an independent king and extend his realm from Media into Babylonia.

Demetrius then establishes himself on the Seleucid throne.

* Antiochus manages to oust Heliodorus and takes advantage of Demetrius ' captivity in Rome to seize the throne for himself under the name Antiochus IV Epiphanes.

* Upon becoming ruler of Epirus, Phyrrhus allies himself with his brother-in-law, Demetrius Poliorcetes, son of Antigonus.

However, Demetrius Poliorcetes establishes himself on the throne of Macedonia and then murders Alexander V. Antipater II loses the throne of Macedonia but is able to survive.

With Plutarch, with Herodes Atticus, to whom he bequeathed his library at Rome, with Demetrius the Cynic, Cornelius Fronto, Aulus Gellius, and with Hadrian himself, he lived on intimate terms ; his great rival, whom he violently attacked in his later years, was Polemon of Smyrna.

Timarchus, who had distinguished himself by defending Media against the emergent Parthians, seems to have treated Demetrius ' accession as an excuse to declare himself an independent king and extend his realm into Babylonia.

Demetrius proved unable to retake the capital, instead establishing himself in Seleucia.

As a general of the army, he promoted the claims of Antiochus VI Dionysus, the infant son of Alexander Balas, in Antioch after Alexander's death, but then in 142 deposed the child and himself seized power in Coele-Syria where Demetrius II Nicator was unpopular for his oppressive treatment of the Jews.

Since Seleucus ' legitimate heir, Demetrius I Soter, was still a hostage in Rome, Antiochus, with the help of King Eumenes II of Pergamum, seized the throne for himself, proclaiming himself co-regent for another son of Seleucus, an infant named Antiochus ( whom he then murdered a few years later ).

In his " Parthian stations ", Isidorus of Charax mentions a colony named Demetrias, supposedly founded by Demetrius himself:

He established himself in Antiochia after 92 BC and survived attacks from younger brother Demetrius III Eucaerus.

By separating himself from his son and departing into Asia, Demetrius seemed to take his bad luck with him, but in reality it was the fear and the jealousy of the other kings.

In 1224, just as Demetrius had become old enough to take power for himself, Theodore finally captured Thessalonica and the kingdom became part of the Despotate of Epirus.

Demetrius, who seems to have been placed by nature in our times that he might prove that we could neither corrupt him nor be corrected by him ; a man of consummate wisdom, though he himself disclaimed it, constant to the principles which he professed, of an eloquence worthy to deal with the mightiest subjects, scorning mere prettinesses and verbal niceties, but expressing with infinite spirit, the ideas which inspired it.

However, Demetrius found himself unable to return to the battlefield because of the deployment of 300 elephants in his path.

The Greco-Bactrian king Demetrius I ( 205-171 BCE ) himself may have been the prototype for the image of the Buddha.

Several Bactrian kings followed after Demetrius ' death, and it seems likely that the civil wars between them made it possible for Apollodotus I ( from c. 180 / 175 BC ) to make himself independent as the first proper Indo-Greek king ( who did not rule from Bactria ).

Lysias apparently claimed to be a descendant of Demetrius, using a similar reverse of Heracles crowning himself, Demetrius ' epithet Invincible, and sometimes the elephant crown always worn by this king.

Specifically, they agree to support each other against Rome, and that Hannibal shall have the right to make peace with Rome, but that any peace would include Philip and that Rome would be forced to give up control of Corcyra, Apollonia, Epidamnus, Pharos, Dimale, Parthini and Atintania and to restore to Demetrius of Pharos all his lands currently controlled by Rome.

One of the most prolific users of client states was Republican Rome ( e. g., Demetrius of Pharos ) which, instead of conquering and then absorbing into an empire, chose to make client states out of those it defeated, a policy which was continued up until the 1st century BC when imperial power took over.

The troops soon deserted, and king Ptolemy VIII reacted by setting up yet another usurper, a man named Alexander II Zabinas against Demetrius.

Specifically they promise support against Rome, and that Hannibal shall have the right to make peace with Rome, but that any peace would include Philip and that Rome would be forced to give up control of Corcyra, Apollonia, Epidamnus, Pharos, Dimale, Parthini, and Atintania and " to restore to Demetrius of Pharos all those of his friends now in the dominion of Rome.

On their way, they picked up a novice, Demetrius, from West Asia and then travelled through South Asia, succoring the Nestorian Christians there, who were hard pressed by the Muslims.

Either Demetrius II was not king of India but Bactria, or the account of the war is mixed up, or the king's name is wrong, Justin having confused the name of another Indo-Greek king with that of Demetrius I.

Helena is considered to be a very vulnerable, sensitive and obsessive character, due to her growing up in the shadow of Hermia, as well as because of her treatment by Demetrius: she shows strength and a new belief in herself by refusing his advances when she believes he is making fun of her, despite the fact that he claimed that she was his one true love.

Ten years later, the Romans sent another expedition in the area against Demetrius of Pharos, who had rebuilt the Illyrian navy and engaged in piracy up into the Aegean.

Demetrius was slandered by Teuta and feared her, and gave up Corcyra to the Romans, and went over to the Roman side, acting as their guide for their campaign in Illyria.

He was fined for riotous assembly in 1970 after being caught up in The Troubles and, one year later, was interned without trial at the age of 25 as part of Operation Demetrius.

Though he was again to pull out after only a few months, after Demetrius had won a battle over his general and Antigonus entered Syria in force up to Antigonuses, this brief success had enabled Seleucus to make a dash for Babylonia which Seleucus secured.

Demetrius realizes he has made a mistake, prays to the Christian God after placing the robe on Lucia's body, and she wakes up.