Pausanias Analysis

Passage 6.12.2

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Passage 6.12.2: Hiero son of Hierocles becomes tyrant of Syracuse after Agathocles.

Historical Non-skeptical

Greek Text

παρὰ δὲ τοῦ Ἱέρωνος τὸ ἅρμα ἀνήρ ἐστιν ὁμώνυμός τε τῷ Δεινομένους καὶ ἐν Συρακούσαις καὶ οὗτος τυραννήσας, Ἱέρων δὲ ἐκαλεῖτο Ἱεροκλέους· μετὰ δὲ τὴν Ἀγαθοκλέους τοῦ πρότερον τυραννήσαντος τελευτὴν Συρακουσίοις αὖθις ἀναπεφύκει τύραννος ὁ Ἱέρων οὗτος, τὴν δὲ ἀρχὴν εἶχεν ἔτει δευτέρῳ τῆς ἕκτης Ὀλυμπιάδος ἐπὶ ταῖς εἴκοσι καὶ ἑκατόν, ἣν Κυρηναῖος στάδιον ἐνίκησεν Ἰδαῖος.

English Translation

Next to Hiero's chariot stands a man who shares both the name and role of tyrant in Syracuse with the son of Deinomenes. This Hiero was the son of Hierocles, and after the death of Agathocles, who previously had reigned as tyrant, he rose again as ruler over the Syracusans. His reign began in the second year of the hundred-and-twenty-sixth Olympiad, in which Idaeus of Cyrene gained victory in the stadion race.

Proper Nouns

Olympiad (Ὀλυμπιάς) other
Deinomenes (Δεινομένης) person Q28556208
Kyrenaian (Κυρηναῖος) person
Agathocles (Ἀγαθοκλῆς) person
Idaios (Ἰδαῖος) person
Also in: 5.8.1
Hieron (Ἱέρων) person
Hierocles (Ἱεροκλῆς) person
Syracuse (Συρακοῦσαι) place Q4420718
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