Δίων
Dion, Dio
Translated by Tony Natoli17 Mar 2002Vetting: high5 revisions
Translation
Son of Hipparinos; a Syracusan, a Platonic philosopher. [He was] the brother of Aristomache, the wife of the older Dionysius, tyrant of Sicily.1 He also ruled over Sicily as tyrant, expelling Dionysius, the son of the older Dionysius,2 whose brother Nisaios in turn expelled this Dion.3 He wrote letters to Plato and to some others.4