Hiero

English > Greek (Woodhouse)

Ἱέρων, -ωνος, ὁ.

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

Hĭĕro: ōnis, m., = Ἱέρων.
I Ruler of Syracuse, a friend of the poet Simonides, Cic. N. D. 1, 22, 60; 3, 34, 83.—
II A son of Hierocles, and ruler of Syracuse in the latter half of the third century B.C., a friend of the Romans, Plaut. Men. 2, 3, 59; Cic. Verr. 2, 4, 12, § 49; Liv. 21, 49; 22, 37; 24, 4; 26, 40; Just. 23, 4, 1; Sil. 14, 80.—Deriv. Hĭĕrōnĭcus, a, um, adj., of or pertaining to Hiero: lex frumontaria, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 13, § 32 sq.; 2, 2, 60, § 147; 2, 3, 6, § 14 sq.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

Hĭĕrō (-rōn), ōnis, m. (Ἱέρων), Hiéron, [nom de deux rois de Syracuse] : Cic. Nat. 1, 60 ; Verr. 2, 4, 49.

Latin > German (Georges)

Hiero u. Hierōn, ōnis, m. (Ἱέρων), I) Hiero I., Beherrscher von Syrakus (v. 477–467 v. Chr.), an dessen Hofe Pindar u. Simonides, sowie auch Bacchylides, Epicharmus u. Äschylus eine Zeitlang lebten, Cic. de nat. deor. 1, 60 u. 3, 83. – II) Hiero II., Sohn des Hierokles, ebenfalls Herrscher von Syrakus (269–215 v. Chr.), im ersten pun. Kriege zuerst Gegner, dann Freund der Römer, Plaut. Men. 411. Varro r. r. 1, 1, 8. Cic. Verr. 4, 29. Liv. 21, 49, 3. Iustin. 23, 4, 1 sqq. Sil. 14, 80. – Dav. Hierōnicus, a, um, hieronisch, des Hiero (II.), lex, Cic. Verr. 2, 32 u. 34.

Wikipedia EN

• Hieron I (Greek: Ἱέρων Α΄; usually Latinized Hiero) was the son of Deinomenes, the brother of Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily from 478 to 467 BC. In succeeding Gelon, he conspired against a third brother, Polyzelos.
• Hiero (Greek: Ἱέρων, Hiéron) is a minor work by Xenophon, set as a dialogue between Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, and the lyric poet Simonides about 474 BC. The dialogue is a response to the assumption that a tyrant's life is more pleasant than a commoner. Having lived as both Hiero breaks down this misconception, arguing that a tyrant does not have any more access to happiness than a private person. The dialogue, like many of Xenophon's works, does not receive much scholarly attention today. However, it was the nominal subject of Leo Strauss' analysis On Tyranny, which initiated his famous dialogue with Alexandre Kojève on the role of philosophy in politics.