Abstract
Demetrius Poliorcetes was born in Macedonia, but grew up at Celaenae in central Phrygia with his parents, the great general Antigonus Monophthalmus (‘the One-Eyed’) and Stratonice, and his extended family. This chapter discusses aspects of Demetrius’ childhood and upbringing, the family structure, and the political context in which Demetrius was raised. Literary sources such as the ancient author Plutarch, who wrote a biography of Demetrius, describe him as being a tall and strikingly handsome individual. In this chapter, the iconographic and numismatic evidence is discussed, and these representations of the king confirm the impression conveyed to us through the ancient sources.
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