Hieron I of Syracuse

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Sicilian Greek ancient Greek person monarch of Syracuse ruler tyrant

Hieron I of Syracuse was a powerful 5th-century BCE tyrant of Syracuse known for his military successes, political influence in Magna Graecia, and patronage of prominent poets such as Pindar and Aeschylus.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Gelo of Syracuse	4
Hieron I	4
Hieron I of Syracuse canonical	4
Hiero I of Syracuse	2

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sicilian Greek ⓘ ancient Greek person ⓘ monarch of Syracuse ⓘ ruler ⓘ tyrant ⓘ
burialPlace	Aetna (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ
continent	Europe ⓘ
country	Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Greek ⓘ
dateOfDeath	467 BCE ⓘ
describedIn	Diodorus Siculus’ Bibliotheca historica NERFINISHED ⓘ Pindar’s epinician odes NERFINISHED ⓘ
endTime	467 BCE ⓘ
era	5th century BCE ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Dorian Greek ⓘ
father	Deinomenes NERFINISHED ⓘ
governmentForm	tyranny ⓘ
hasWorkDedicatedTo	Bacchylides’ odes NERFINISHED ⓘ Pindar’s odes NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced	politics of Magna Graecia ⓘ
knownFor	expansion of Syracusan power in Magna Graecia ⓘ naval victory over Etruscans at Cumae ⓘ patronage of poets ⓘ
languageSpoken	Ancient Greek ⓘ
locatedIn	Sicily ⓘ
militaryConflict	conflicts with Carthaginians ⓘ war against Etruscans ⓘ
militaryRank	naval commander ⓘ
notableEvent	Battle of Cumae NERFINISHED ⓘ Battle of Himera (as ally of Gelon) NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableWork	foundation of Aetna (city) ⓘ
partOf	Magna Graecia NERFINISHED ⓘ
patronOf	Aeschylus NERFINISHED ⓘ Bacchylides NERFINISHED ⓘ Pindar NERFINISHED ⓘ Simonides of Ceos NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Catana NERFINISHED ⓘ
policy	promotion of Greek colonization in Sicily ⓘ relocation of inhabitants of Catana ⓘ strengthening of Syracusan navy ⓘ
positionHeld	tyrant of Syracuse ⓘ
predecessor	Gelon of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
religion	ancient Greek religion ⓘ
residence	Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
sibling	Gelon of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ Polyzalus NERFINISHED ⓘ Thrasybulus of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
startTime	478 BCE ⓘ
successor	Thrasybulus of Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pindar → patron → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

Aragonese Castle → originalBuilder → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hiero I of Syracuse

Battle of Cumae (474 BC) → commander → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

Battle of Cumae (474 BC) → relatedTo → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hieron I

Hippocrates of Gela → successor → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gelo of Syracuse

Hippocrates of Gela → mentorOrPatronOf → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gelo of Syracuse

Hippocrates of Gela → appointedAsGeneral → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gelo of Syracuse

Gelon of Gela → sibling → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

Battle of Himera → commandedBy → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gelo of Syracuse

Leontini → conqueredBy → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

Deinomenid dynasty → hasMember → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hieron I

Deinomenid dynasty → notableRuler → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hieron I

Deinomenid family → hasMember → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hieron I

Syracusans → notableRuler → Hieron I of Syracuse ⓘ

this entity surface form: Hiero I of Syracuse