Deinomenids

The Deinomenids were a family of rulers or tyrants in Greek Sicily in the 6th and 5th centuries BC. Chr.

They included:

• Deinomenes , tyrant of Gela and his four sons:

1. Gelon (540 BC – 478 BC), tyrant of Gela and Syracuse
2. Hieron I (also Hiero I ; † 466 BC), tyrant of Gela and Syracuse
3. Polyzalus , tyrant of Gela (from him there is a votive gift with charioteer in Delphi )
4. Thrasybulus , tyrant of Syracuse

literature

• Helmut Berve : The tyranny among the Greeks. 2 volumes. Beck, Munich 1967, including family tree.