Hiero
historical figure · 4 works · 5 mentions · 10 anchored passages
Hiero, brother of Gelon · Hiero, king of the Syracusans · Hiero, the despot · the tyrant Hiero
spoken of as
1 expressionHiero of Syracuse1 mention
Letters to Lucilius (Latin)
"Hiero, king of the Syracusans, made war.
in the texts
Hiero
The ruler who has experienced both private life and despotism and presents despotism as fearful, loveless, and difficult to escape.
Well now, said Hiero, have you observed all those pickles and sauces that are put before despots—acid, bitter, astringent and so forth?
And what pleasure, asked Hiero, comes, do you suppose, of this shrinking from evil words, when one knows well that all harbour evil thoughts against the despot, in spite of their silence?
Pray, how comes it, Hiero, if despotism is a thing so vile, and this is your verdict, that you do not rid yourself of so great an evil, and that none other, for that matter, who has once acquired it, ever yet surrendered despotic power?
On the Nature of the Gods
Tyrant of Syracuse who questions Simonides about the nature of god.
I shall take Simonides for my authority, of whom, when the tyrant Hiero asked this very question, he begged one day to deliberate;
The Histories
Brother of Gelon, given charge of Gela once Gelon made Syracuse his seat of power.
When he had made Syracuse his own, he took less account of his rule over Gela, which he gave in charge to his brother Hiero;
Letters to Lucilius
King of Syracuse mentioned in an illustrative quoted sentence from Arruntius's history.
"Hiero, king of the Syracusans, made war.