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"But why do I speak of things distant in both place and time? In this our city, not long since, Gelon1 rose from private citizen2 to be lord of the whole of Sicily, the cities willingly putting themselves under his authority; for the fairness of the man, combined with his sympathy for the unfortunate, drew all men to him.

1 "General" of Syracuse, 485-478 B.C. For his great victory over the Carthaginians at Himera see Book 11.22 ff.

2 Not strictly true, since Gelon was tyrant of Gela when he was called to Syracuse by the aristocratic party.

Diodorus Siculus. Diodorus of Sicily in Twelve Volumes with an English Translation by C. H. Oldfather. Vol. 4-8. Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, Ltd. 1989.

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