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Retrieved 16
March 2019.
Attested by
chance finds of Corinthian, Ionic, and
Geloan pottery and figurines, now in the
museums of
Palermo and
Agrigento (Stillwell)...
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because of the
important closure between the
archaeological area and the
Geloan Fields.
During the
Middle Age,
Arabs built a
castle here; in 1030 it was...
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founded by
Monon (Μόνων). Herodotus,
tells us that some
Geloan citizens banished to
Mactorium and
Telines (Τηλίνης), an
ancestor of Gelon...
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Hippocrates (Gr****: Ἱπποκράτης; died 491 BC) was the
second tyrant of Gela,
Magna Graecia, and
ruled from 498 BC to 491 BC. He was the
brother of Cleander...
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Deinomenes was the
father of
Hieron I, Gelo (or Gelon), Thrasyboulos, and Polyzelos. The
historian Herodotus writes that his
ancestors came from the island...
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Hiero I (/ˈhaɪəroʊ/; also
Hieron /ˈhaɪərɒn/;
Ancient Gr****: Ἱέρων) was the son of Deinomenes, the
brother of
Gelon and
tyrant of
Syracuse in Sicily, from...
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exterminated by
Roman army Gela m****acre 311 BC Gela 4,000 Agathocles' army 4,000
Geloans slaughtered by
Agathocles and
their property stolen 1st
Cluviae m****acre...
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discovered (perfume bottles,
Italic and
Punic amphorae, as well as Syracusan,
Geloan and Siculo-Punic
coins from the time of Timoleon) all help to date the site...
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Gelon also
known as Gelo (Gr****: Γέλων Gelon, gen.: Γέλωνος; died 478 BC), son of Deinomenes, was a Gr****
tyrant of the
Sicilian cities Gela and Syracuse...
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Archestratus (Ancient Gr****: Ἀρχέστρατος Archestratos) was an
ancient Gr**** poet of Gela or Syracuse,
Magna Graecia, in Sicily, who
wrote some time in...
