Hieron I of Syracuse

Hieron I (Ἱέρων Hiérōn , Latin Hiero; † 466 or 467 BC in Catana ) from the Deinomeniden family was the tyrant of Gela and Syracuse .

485 BC Hieron became the tyrant of Gela , 478 BC. BC he succeeded his brother Gelon as the tyrant of Syracuse. Hieron was a power-conscious politician and military. He made an alliance with Akragas ( Agrigento ) and united almost all of Sicily . He also intervened in the political disputes in southern Italy, where he supported the interests of the Lokrians against Anaxilaos , the tyrant of Rhegion . He suggested 474 BC. BC together with Aristodemos of Kyme (Cumae) the Etruscans in the naval battle of Cumae and thus prevented their expansion into this area. He took 476 BC Successfully participated in the Olympic Games in Olympia (Greece) and won the chariot racing discipline . 472 BC BC he defeated Thrasydaios , ruler of Akragas , and made the city dependent on Syracuse.

Hieron I founded several Syracusan colonies, settled the inhabitants of Naxos and Catana in Lentini , and populated Catana (which he called Aetna) with Dorians . Hieron I went down in history as a promoter of Greek culture in Syracuse. So he drew poets like Epicharmus , Simonides , Aeschylos , Bacchylides and Pindar to his court.

Hieron died in 466 or 467 BC. And bequeathed his kingdom to his brother Thrasybulus .

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Diodorus Siculus xi. 38-67;
Xenophon , Hiero , 6.2 ;

Eduard Lübbert , Syracuse at the time of Gelon and Hieron (1875);

Pindar 1st Olympic Ode; 1. Pythian Ode

Bakchylides 3rd Epinikion

predecessor	Office	successor
Gelon	Tyrant of Syracuse 478–467 / 466 BC Chr.	Thrasybulus

personal data
SURNAME	Hieron I of Syracuse
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Hieron I .; Hiero I
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Tyrant of Gela and Syracuse
DATE OF BIRTH	6th century BC Chr.
DATE OF DEATH	466 BC Chr.
Place of death	Catana