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Deinomenes
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(Δεινομένης; Deinoménēs).

[German version]

[1] Founder of a dynasty from Gela

D. from Gela, founder of the Deinomenid dynasty; father of the tyrants Gelon, Hieron, Polyzalus and Thrasybulus (cf. Simonides, fr. 141 Bergk = PLG 3,1166; Pind. Pyth. 1,79; 2,18; Hdt. 7,145; Timaeus FGrH 566 F 97; Diod. Sic. 11,67,2; Paus. 6,12,1ff.; 8,42,8).

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[2] Son of Hieron the tyrant, 5…

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Meister, Klaus (Berlin) and Neudecker, Richard (Rome), “Deinomenes”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e312880>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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