285 B.C. Olympiad 123.4Click on the links in the lists of references to go to the sources for each event
| 1 | PEL ++ The policy of Demetrius towards the Greek states.
* Read Polybius' account @ Polyb_2.41'10, 9.29'5-6;* Plut:Dem_42'3, :Mor_233'E, 338'A, 511'A; DiogLaert_2'143.(M.17) |
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| 2 | ?? Demetrius is advised not to build a canal across the Corinthian Isthmus.
* Read Strabo's account @ Strab_1.54'd-e;* (3.11) Plin:HN_4'10.. |
| 3 | ?? Demetrius complains to the Romans about the activities of Italian pirates.
@ Strab_5.232'b-c.(3.5) |
| 4 | GRE ?? A bodyguard of Demetrius is killed after entering the oracle of Trophonius.
@ Paus_9.39'12. |
| 5 | ?? Cynaethus indulges in absurd flattery of Demetrius.
@ Lucian:PrIm_20. |
| 6 | SYR << Seleucus captures Demetrius.
* Read Plutarch's account @ Nepos_21.3'3; ~Plut:Demetr_48'5-50'5,* :Ant_93'1-3; Paus_1.16'1, 6.15'7, 16'2; (?) Polyaen_4.9'2, '3, '5; Just_16.2'6; +[Euseb]:Chron_247'c, 261'e; ChronSynt_91'd; {CAH_7.1'108; OCD_d.} |
| 7 | Seleucus puts Demetrius under a strong armed guard.
@ ~Plut:Demetr_50'6-9. |
| 8 | GRE ?? Crates persuades Metrocles to become his follower.
@ DiogLaert_6'94.(Mt.1) |
| 9 | ?? The married life of Crates and Hipparchia.
* Read Diogenes' account @ AnthPal_7'413<q" AntipSid>; ClemAl:Strom_4.19'd; DiogLaert_6'88-89,* (C.5) '96-98;(H.1-2) Suda_A'1981, I'517, K'2341, Th'150. |
| 10 | ?? Sayings of Crates, addressed to Menedemus, Nicodromus, and others.
* Read Diogenes' account @ DiogLaert_2'131,(M.7) 6'89-92.* (C.7-9) |
| 11 | ++ General comments on the character and philosophy of Crates.
* Read Quintilian's account @ Quint_1.9'5;* Plut:Mor_466'E; Alciphr_3'44; DiogLaert_6'86;(C.2) Julian:Or_6.201'B-C. |
| 12 | ?? The death of the Cynic philosopher Crates.
@ DiogLaert_6'92;(C.10) {OCD_c.} |
| 13 | EGY << The official entry of the god Sarapis into Alexandria.
* Read Tacitus' account @ Tac:Hist_4'83-84;* FGrH_746'4<q" Athenodor>; Plut:Mor_361'F-362'A, 984'A-B; Paus_1.18'4; ClemAl:Protr_4.42'c-d; +Hieron:Chron_1731; Macrob:Sat_1.7'14-15;L Malal_192; GeorgMon_p583'c-584'b. |
| 14 | ASI << Document: OGI_11 & 12, a decree of Priene in honour of Lysimachus, and a letter of Lysimachus in reply.
* Read Bagnall's account @ Bagnall_11;* Burstein_10. |
| 15 | SYR Seleucus rejects Lysimachus' advice that Demetrius should be put to death.
@ ~Diod_21.20'1. |
| 16 | MAC Lysimachus expels Pyrrhus from Macedonia.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Pyrrh_12'9-13'2;* Paus_1.10'2, 11'6; ~Just_23.4'9-11; [Euseb]:Chron_241'e, 245'c; !Hieron:Chron_1730; {CAH_7.1'111; CAH_7.2'462<284>; OCD_l.} |
| 17 | AEG Demetrius hands over control of his remaining possessions to Antigonus.
* Read Plutarch's account @ ~Plut:Demetr_51'1-4,* :Mor_183'C. |
| 18 | IT+ The Romans are involved in fighting against the Lucanians and the inhabitants of Vulsinii.
@ ~[Liv]:Per_11'c. |
| 19 | ROM The inhabitants of Thurii give a statue and a golden crown to the tribune C.Aelius in recognition of his help in protecting them from the Lucanians.
@ Plin:HN_34'32;L {CAH_7.2'450; Green_692.} |
| 20 | EGY ?? Philetas of Cos and Straton of Lampsacus act as tutors of Ptolemaeus II.
* Read Diogenes' account @ DiogLaert_5'58;* (S.3) Suda_Ph'332, S'1186. |
| 21 | {December ?} Ptolemaeus II becomes co-regent with his father.
* Read Justin's account @ PCZen_59003'11-12<t= PLoeb_1.31>; PSI_379'1<t= PLoeb_1.72>; +AstrCan_3; Nepos_21.3'4; Plut:Mor_341'A; Appian:BCiv_1.103'b; Paus_1.6'8; Lucian:Macr_12; DiogLaert_5'78,(D.8) '79;(D.8) ~Just_16.2'7-9;* Trog:Prol_16; [Euseb]:Chron_127'c, ~161'a-b, 169'd; {CAH_7.1'413; OCD_p-2.} |
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