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Facts

Born 361 BCE • Italy
Died 289 BCE
Title / Office tyrant (317BC-304BC), Syracuse • king (304BC-289BC), Syracuse
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Dion
ruler of Syracuse
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Dionysius I
ruler of Syracuse
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Hieron II
tyrant and king of Syracuse
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Hermocrates
Syracusan diplomat
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Gelon
tyrant of Gela and Syracuse
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Hieron I
tyrant of Syracuse
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Paolo Orsi
Italian archaeologist
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Dionysius II
ruler of Syracuse
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Aristogeiton
Greek tyrannicide
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Demetrius of Scepsis
Greek scholar
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Ion of Chios
Greek poet
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Nesiotes
Greek sculptor
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Philostratus the Younger
Greek author
Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background.
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Socrates
Socrates
Greek philosopher
The Greek philosopher Plato
Plato
Greek philosopher
Homer
Homer
Greek poet
Euripides
Euripides
Greek dramatist
Alexis Tsipras
Alexis Tsipras
prime minister of Greece
Pericles
Pericles
Athenian statesman

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