Gelon of Gela

Also known as: Gelon · Family: Gela · Role: victor and dedicator · First appears: Book 6 · Chapter 9

Gelon of Gela was the son of Dinomenes. In the 73rd Olympiad, an inscription identified him—not Gelon the tyrant of Sicily—as the donor of a votive chariot offering and as a victor. Glaucias the Æginetan made both the chariot and Gelon’s statue.

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 the tyrant of Sicily
  • “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

• parent: Dinomenes (father of Gelon of Gela) “Gelon of Gela, the son of Dinomenes”
• with Gelon the tyrant of Sicily (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 Glaucias (Glaucias made Gelon's chariot and statue.) “Glaucias the Æginetan made both the chariot and statue of Gelon”

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