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.
By these means Gelon had grown to greatness as a tyrant, and now, when the Greek envoys had come to Syracuse, they had audience with him and spoke as follows:
They add this tale too—that Gelon and Theron won a victory over Amilcas the Carchedonian in Sicily on the same day that the Greeks defeated the Persian at Salamis.
Straightway that city grew and became great, for not only did Gelon bring all the people of Camarina to Syracuse and give them its citizenship, razing the township of Camarina, but he did the same thing to more than half of the townsmen of Gela, and when the Megarians in Sicily surrendered to him on terms after a siege, he took the wealthier of them, who had made war on him and expected to be put …