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[3] It chanced that the brother of the second wife was Dion, a man who had great proficiency in philosophy1 and, in the matter of courage and skill in the art of war, far surpassed the other Syracusans of his time.

1 For the association of Plato and Dion see Plat. L. 7.327a; Anth. Pal. 7.99 (L.C.L. 2.60).

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