Demetrius of Phaleron

Demetrius of Phaleron was an Athenian statesman, orator, and philosopher of the late 4th and early 3rd century BCE, associated with Aristotle's Peripatetic school. He governed Athens for about a decade under Macedonian backing, then went to Egypt, where tradition links him to the early planning of the Library of Alexandria. He was a prolific writer on history, rhetoric, and politics, though his works survive only in fragments.