Escaping Plutarch’s narrative: a reconstruction of the life of Demetrius, the besieger of cities

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  • Jorel Musa de Noronha Lemes Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais image/svg+xml

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https://doi.org/10.17648/rom.v0i17.35414

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Demetrius Poliorcetes, Wars of the Diadochi, Plutarch

Abstract

Book review of: WHEATLEY, Pat; DUNN, Charlotte. Demetrius the Besieger. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020. 528 p.

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SANT’ANNA, H. Antígono versus Eumenes ou a luta pela supremacia política nos primórdios da história helenística, 323-301 a.C. Opsis, v. 12, n. 2, p. 232-246, 2012.

WHEATLEY, P.; DUNN, C. Demetrius the Besieger. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.

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2021-09-25

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No. 17 (2021): janeiro-junho

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MUSA DE NORONHA LEMES, J. Escaping Plutarch’s narrative: a reconstruction of the life of Demetrius, the besieger of cities. Romanitas - Revista de Estudos Grecolatinos, n. 17, p. 191–198, 25 Sep.2021.