Dionysius I of Syracuse Quotes

Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, in Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Greek colonies. He was regarded by the ancients as an example of the worst kind of despot—cruel, suspicious and vindictive.



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✵ 430 BC – 367 BC
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Famous Dionysius I of Syracuse Quotes

“I would like somebody to be hated more than I am.”

Dionysius I of Syracuse

Clive Foss, The Tyrants: 2500 Years of Absolute Power and Corruption, London: Quercus Publishing, 2006, ISBN 1905204965, p. 11

“Let thy speech be better than silence, or be silent.”

Dionysius I of Syracuse

Frag. 6, as quoted in Handy-book of Literary Curiosities (1892) by William Shepard Walsh, p. 1009.

“So, Damocles, since this life delights you, do you wish to taste it yourself and make trial of my fortune?”

Dionysius I of Syracuse

As quoted by Cicero, in Tusculan disputations 5.61 as translated by Gavin Betts http://www.livius.org/sh-si/sicily/sicily_t11.html

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