Διονύσιος
Dionysius, Dionysios
Translated by Tony Natoli19 Jul 2000Vetting: high4 revisions
Translation
Son of the tyrant of Sicily1 and a tyrant and philosopher himself. [He wrote] Letters and On the poems of Epicharmus.2
Greek original · Adler’s text
Διονύσιος, υἱὸς τοῦ Σικελίας τυράννου καὶ αὐτὸς τύραννος καὶ φιλόσοφος. Ἐπιστολὰς καὶ Περὶ τῶν ποιημάτων Ἐπιχάρμου.
Betacode
*dionu/sios, ui(o\s tou= *sikeli/as tura/nnou kai\ au)to\s tu/rannos kai\ filo/sofos. *)epistola\s kai\ *peri\ tw=n poihma/twn *)epixa/rmou.
Notes (2)
- OCD(4) s.v. Dionysius(2).↩
- 1See delta 1178. ↩
- 2= Epicharmus testimonium #33 Kassel-Austin. E. was a Sicilian writer of comedy who flourished in the early fifth century BCE; the Suda [epsilon 2766] calls him, together with Phormus, the inventor of comedy at Syracuse.
Linked from6 entries
- α3408ἈπολλοκράτηςApollokrates, ApollocratesProper name.
- α4121ἈρχύταςArchytas, ArkhutasOf Taras, son of Hestiaios or Mnesarchos or Mnasagetes or Mnasagoras; Pythagorean philosopher. This man saved Plato from being murdered by the tyrant Dionysios. He championed the [Greek-]Italian federation, and was…
- δ1238ΔίωνDion, DioSon of Hipparinos; a Syracusan, a Platonic philosopher. [He was] the brother of Aristomache, the wife of the older Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily. He also ruled over Sicily as tyrant, expelling Dionysius, the son of the…
- δ1244Διώνυμοιfamous, renowned"Flatterers, famous among the Greeks, have been summoned and are surrounding us: Kleisophos's and Strouthias's and Therons and the ones buzzing around Dionysius’ table and the ones in frenzy around the banquet of…
- ε852ἙλικώνιοςHelikonios, HeliconiusAstronomer/astrologer. [He wrote] Apotelesmatika, On Signs from Zeus, and many other things.
- ε1835Ἐξώλισθενslipped out[Meaning he/she/it] was thrown out, fell out. "Dionysios the Second slipped out of his tyranny and came to the Korinthians as an exile."
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Revision history4 revisions · last 21 Dec 2014
- expanded n.2 — David Whitehead
- updated a ref — David Whitehead
- another note and keyword — David Whitehead
- added note; cosmetics — David Whitehead
- Translated — Tony Natoli