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Gelon of SyracuseTyrant, but nominally "General," of
Syracuse, 485-478 B.C. cried out in his sleep, for he was dreaming that he had been
struck by lightning, and his dog, when he noticed that he was crying out immoderately, did not
stop barking until he awakened him. Gelon was also once saved from death by a wolf. As a boy he
was seated in a school and a wolf came and snatched away the tablet he was using. And while he
was chasing after the wolf itself and his tablet tSyracuse, 485-478 B.C. cried out in his sleep, for he was dreaming that he had been
struck by lightning, and his dog, when he noticed that he was crying out immoderately, did not
stop barking until he awakened him. Gelon was also once saved from death by a wolf. As a boy he
was seated in a school and a wolf came and snatched away the tablet he was using. And while he
was chasing after the wolf itself and his tablet too, the school was shaken by an earthquake
and crashed down from its very foundations, killing every one of the boys together with the
teacher. Historians, like Timaeus, Dionysius, Diodorus, and also Dio, celebrate the number of
the boys, which amounted to more than one hundred. The precise number I do not know.Tzetzes, Hist. 4. 266-278.
Gelon, who had likewise held his army in readiness, on
learning that the Himerans were in despair set out from Syracuse with all speed, accompanied by not less than fifty thousand
foot-soldiers and over five thousand cavalry. He covered the distance swiftly, and as he drew
near the city of the Himerans he inspired boldness in the hearts of those who before had been
dismayed at the forces of the Carthaginians. For after
pitching a camp which was appropriate to the terrain about the city, he not only fortified it
with a deep ditch and a palisade but also dispatched his entire body of cavalry against such
forces of the enemy as were ranging over the countryside in search of booty. And the cavalry,
unexpectedly appearing to men who were scattered without military order over the countryside,
took prisoner as many as each man could drive before him. And when prisoners to the number of
more than ten thousand had been brought into the city, not
Hieron removed the people of NaxosThe city north of
Syracuse on the coast. and Catana from their cities and sent there settlers of his own
choosing, having gathered five thousand from the Peloponnesus and added an equal number of others from Syracuse; and the name of Catana he changed to Aetna, and not only
the territory of Catana but also much neighbouring
land which he added to it he portioned out in allotments, up to the full sum of ten thousand
settlers. This he diSyracuse; and the name of Catana he changed to Aetna, and not only
the territory of Catana but also much neighbouring
land which he added to it he portioned out in allotments, up to the full sum of ten thousand
settlers. This he did out of a desire, not only that he might
have a substantial help ready at hand for any need that might arise, but also that from the
recently founded state of ten thousand men he might receive the honours accorded to heroes. And
the Naxians and Catanians whom he had removed from their native states he transferred to
Leontini and commanded them to make their homes in that city along with the native population.
And Theron, seeing that after the slaughter of the Himerans