# Demetrius of Magnesia — The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers character guide

> Demetrius of Magnesia in The Lives and Opinions of Eminent Philosophers by Diogenes Laërtius.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Demetrius the Magnesian

**First appearance:** 0033-book-iii

## Who they are

Greek grammarian and biographer of philosophers.

## In the story

### [Epimenides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lives_and_opinions_of_eminent_philosophers_se/chapters/epimenides)

Cited as a critic who argued that Epimenides' letter to Solon was a modern forgery.

### [Xenophon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lives_and_opinions_of_eminent_philosophers_se/chapters/xenophon)

Cited as a source for details about Xenophon's life and works.

### [Heraclides](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lives_and_opinions_of_eminent_philosophers_se/chapters/heraclides)

Source for the account of Heraclides slaying a tyrant and the serpent deception.

### [Cleanthes](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lives_and_opinions_of_eminent_philosophers_se/chapters/cleanthes)

Cited as the source for the anecdote about Cleanthes' cloak being blown off, revealing he wore nothing underneath.

### [Hippasus](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_lives_and_opinions_of_eminent_philosophers_se/chapters/hippasus)

Cited as the source for the claim that Hippasus left no writings.

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