Xenophon Classics: Hiero: The Tyrant by Xenophon

Xenophon Classics: Hiero: The Tyrant

Xenophon with Henry Graham Dakyns (Translator)

missing page info Add in missing page information first pub 370 (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy politics challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Hiero 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.

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