Editing Demetrius I Poliorcetes (section)

==Family==
Demetrius was married five times:

* His first wife was [[Phila (daughter of Antipater)|Phila]] daughter of Regent [[Antipater]] by whom he had two children: [[Stratonice of Syria]] and [[Antigonus II Gonatas]]. 
* His second wife was [[Eurydice of Athens]], by whom he is said to have had a son called Corrhabus.<ref>{{cite book|title=Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology|date=16 April 1867|page=120|url=http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/acl3129.0002.001/120?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image|access-date=1 December 2015|archive-date=8 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208225354/http://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/moa/acl3129.0002.001/120?page=root;rgn=full+text;size=100;view=image|url-status=live}}</ref> 
* His third wife was [[Deidamia I of Epirus|Deidamia]], a sister of [[Pyrrhus of Epirus]]. Deidamia bore him a son called Alexander, who is said by [[Plutarch]] to have spent his life in [[Ptolemaic Egypt|Egypt]], probably in an honourable captivity.<ref name=plut2_53>Plutarch, "Demetrius", [http://www.attalus.org/old/demetrius2.html#53 53] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210515192910/https://www.attalus.org/old/demetrius2.html#53 |date=2021-05-15 }}</ref>
* His fourth wife was [[Lanassa (wife of Pyrrhus)|Lanassa]], the former wife of his brother-in-law Pyrrhus of Epirus. 
* His fifth wife was Ptolemais, daughter of [[Ptolemy I Soter]] and [[Eurydice of Egypt]], by whom he had a son called [[Demetrius the Fair]].

He also had a relationship with a celebrated courtesan called [[Lamia of Athens]], by whom he had a daughter called [[Phila (daughter of Demetrius)|Phila]].