Gelon
historical figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 7 anchored passages
Gelon of Syracuse · Gelon the son of Deinomenes · King of the Syracusans · the tyrant of Sicily
in the texts
Orations
Son of Deinomenes, whose statue was judged worthy to be spared in Syracuse's melting-down of tyrants' bronze statues.
and he prevails in the trial — that you may hear this too — Gelon the son of Deinomenes;
The Histories
Tyrant of Gela and then Syracuse who negotiated with the Panhellenic embassy over leadership of the anti-Persian alliance.
in general a well-laid plan leads to a happy issue.
He dealt in a similar way with the Euboeans of Sicily, making the same distinction.
This is what they said, and Gelon, speaking very vehemently, said in response to this: