Gelon the tyrant of Sicily

Also known as: Gelon the tyrant · Family: Syracuse · Role: tyrant · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 9

In Book 6, Chapter 9, Gelon the tyrant of Sicily was master of syracuse when Hybilides was Archon at Athens. The chapter distinguishes him from Gelon of Gela: an inscription for a chariot in the 73rd Olympiad names Gelon of Gela, son of Dinomenes, as its donor and victor, “some private person, having merely the same name as the Tyrant.”

Relationship record

Life events

• The inscription identifies the chariot's donor as Gelon of Gela, not Gelon the tyrant of Sicily.(Book 6 · Chapter 9)
  • With: Gelon of Gela
  • “The inscription says that it was a votive offering of Gelon of Gela, the son of Dinomenes, who was a victor in the 73rd Olympiad.”

Book 6 · Chapter 9

• with Gelon of Gela (The two Gelons shared the same name but were different persons.) “So this Gelon would be some private person, having merely the same name as the Tyrant.”
• with Syracuse (interaction) “Gelon the tyrant of Sicily was master of Syracuse”
• with Hybilides (Gelon ruled Syracuse during Hybilides's archonship.) “Gelon the tyrant of Sicily was master of Syracuse when Hybilides was Archon at Athens”

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Extracted from the original text of Pausanias' Description of Greece. Made with Rho MD.