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    Dion (/ˈdaɪɒn, ən/; Greek: Δίων ὁ Συρακόσιος; 408–354 BC), tyrant of Syracuse in Magna Graecia, was the son of Hipparinus, and brother-in-law of Dionysius...
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  • Prognaus Dion of Syracuse (408–354 BC), ancient Greek politician Dio of Alexandria, first century BC, ancient Greek philosopher Dion of Naples, an ancient...
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    Dion Waiters Jr. (born December 10, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Los Angeles Lakers of the National Basketball...
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  • Ἀριστομάχη) was the daughter of Hipparinus of Syracuse (Magna Graecia), and the sister of the Sicilian tyrant Dion of Syracuse. Aristomache was married to...
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  • Graecia, father of the tyrant Dion of Syracuse. He is mentioned by Aristotle as a man of large fortune, and one of the chief citizens of Syracuse, who, having...
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    death to her uncle, Dion of Syracuse, the brother of her mother Aristomache. After Dion had fled from Syracuse during the reign of the younger Dionysius...
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    autobiographical account of his activities in Sicily as part of the intrigues between Dion and Dionysius of Syracuse for the tyranny of Syracuse. It also contains...
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  • tyrant of Syracuse, Magna Graecia, who ruled briefly for thirteen months from 354 to 352 BC. He was a native Athenian, who traveled with Dion to Sicily...
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  • in Caulonia, Italy at the time, Dion took all but Syracuse's island citadel easily. Dionysius sailed back to Syracuse immediately, attempted attacks from...
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  • Dionysius (category Given names of Greek language origin)
    2nd century BC Dion of Syracuse, 408–354 BC, tyrant of Syracuse Dionysius (ambassador), 3rd century BC, ambassador to the court of the Indian ruler...
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  • became suspicious of Dion, his uncle. Dionysius expelled Dion and kept Plato against his will. Eventually Plato left Syracuse. Dion would return to overthrow...
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    physicist and engineer Antiochus of Syracuse, a Siceliot historian Achaeus of Syracuse, a Siceliot tragedian Dion, Siceliot tyrant Dionysius I, Siceliot...
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  • and aroused hostility from a faction led by Dion of Syracuse, the brother of his father's Syracusan wife. Dion was exiled in 367 BC but ten years later took...
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  • his exile from Syracuse, but it may be inferred, from an expression of Plutarch that he was suspected of conspiring with Dion of Syracuse and others to...
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    the politics of the city of Syracuse, where he attempted to replace the tyrant Dionysius, with Dionysius's brother-in-law, Dion of Syracuse, whom Plato...
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  • Critias (dialogue) (category Dialogues of Plato)
    of Hermocrates in the dialogues with the historical Hermocrates of Syracuse. German classicist Eberz has argued that it is actually Dion of Syracuse,...
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  • Syracuse (Greek: Συρακοῦσαι) was an ancient Greek city-state, located on the east coast of Sicily, Magna Graecia. The city was founded by settlers from...
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    Xenia (Greek) (category CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of June 2024)
    journey to meet Dion of Syracuse in The Seventh Letter, and mentions the importance of his domain. Historian Gabriel Herman lays out the use of xenia in political...
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    Demosthenes, Pelopidas, Philopoemen, Timoleon, Dion of Syracuse, Eumenes, Alexander the Great, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Romulus, Numa Pompilius, Coriolanus, Theseus...
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    mercenaries to relocate to Aetna. Calippus, the assassin of Dion of Syracuse, held Catania for a time (Plut. Dion. 58); and when Timoleon landed in Sicily in 344...
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    of 100 minae through Dion of Syracuse, who purchased it from Philolaus, who was at the time in deep poverty. Other versions of the story represent Plato...
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    persuaded to dismiss Plato and Dion.[clarification needed] When Dion set sail from Zacynthus with the object of liberating Syracuse in 356 BC, Philistus was...
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  • continent of Europe include the following. For the purposes of this article, an assassination is defined as the deliberate, premeditated murder of a prominent...
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  • formative period, he meets the philosopher Plato and Dion, a respected politician from Syracuse and brother-in-law to the city's tyrannical ruler Dionysios...
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    Arrian (redirect from Arrian of Nicomedia)
    also a number of monographs or biographies, including of Dion of Syracuse, Timoleon of Corinth, and Tilliborus, a brigand or robber of Asia Minor, which...
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    Transfer Dion Wilson Jr. commits to Syracuse". The Juice Online. Retrieved 12 June 2024. Thamel, Pete (17 December 2023). "McCord going to Syracuse after...
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  • The Syracuse Orange are the athletic teams that represent Syracuse University. The school is a member of NCAA Division I and the Atlantic Coast Conference...
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  • Kentucky). It also set a record of having six players from one school (Kentucky) being selected in the two rounds of the draft and was the first draft...
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  • The Syracuse Orange men's basketball program is an intercollegiate men's basketball team representing Syracuse University in Syracuse, New York. The program...
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