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Dionysius II of Syracuse

Dionysius II

also: Dionysius tyrannus, Dionysius the younger, the younger Dionysius

Tyrant of Syracuse (r. 367-357 and 346-344 BC), son of Dionysius I, twice expelled from power; tradition held that after his final fall he supported himself as a schoolmaster of boys at Corinth. Cicero adduces him as an example of a man who could not bear to live without rule.

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Tusculan Disputations philosophy · 2 mentions

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