οἷς πρόθεσίς ἐστιν ἀδικεῖν, παρ' αὐτοῖς οὐδὲ δικαία ἀπολογία ἰσχύει → not even a just excuse means anything to those bent on injustice | the tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny | any excuse will serve a tyrant
Γέλων, -ωνος, ὁ.
Gĕlo: or Gĕlon, ōnis, m., = Γέλων,
I king of Syracuse, son of Hiero II., Liv. 23, 30; 24, 5; Just. 23, 4; Plin. 8, 40, 61, § 144.
(2) Gĕlō, ōnis, m., Gélon [tyran de Syracuse] : Liv. 23, 30.
