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'''Aenesidemus''' ('''Aenesidemos''' or '''Enesidemus'''), the son of Pataecus of Gela in [[Sicily]], was made tyrant of [[Lentini|Leontini]] in 498 BC by [[Hippocrates of Gela]] after aiding the latter in his effort to conquer |
'''Aenesidemus''' ('''Aenesidemos''' or '''Enesidemus'''), the son of Pataecus of Gela in [[Sicily]], was made tyrant of [[Lentini|Leontini]] in 498 BC by [[Hippocrates of Gela]] after aiding the latter in his effort to conquer southeastern Sicily. Aenesidemus likely continued to hold Leontini at least until the death of Hippocrates in 491 BC.<ref>''A History of Greece'' Part II by Evelyn Abbott, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892, pp. 436-439.</ref> |
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The inclusion of Aenesidemus as a character in the ancient Greek [[novel]] ''The Wonders Beyond Thule'' by [[Antonius Diogenes]] provides the general fictive or dramatic date for these events.<ref>''Collected Ancient Greek Novels'' edited by B.P. Reardon, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 779, fn. 6.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=William|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/acl3129.0001.001|title=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.|date=2005}}</ref> |
The inclusion of Aenesidemus as a character in the ancient Greek [[novel]] ''The Wonders Beyond Thule'' by [[Antonius Diogenes]] provides the general fictive or dramatic date for these events.<ref>''Collected Ancient Greek Novels'' edited by B.P. Reardon, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 779, fn. 6.</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Smith|first=William|url=http://name.umdl.umich.edu/acl3129.0001.001|title=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.|date=2005}}</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:05, 6 December 2022
Aenesidemus (Aenesidemos or Enesidemus), the son of Pataecus of Gela in Sicily, was made tyrant of Leontini in 498 BC by Hippocrates of Gela after aiding the latter in his effort to conquer southeastern Sicily. Aenesidemus likely continued to hold Leontini at least until the death of Hippocrates in 491 BC.[1]
The inclusion of Aenesidemus as a character in the ancient Greek novel The Wonders Beyond Thule by Antonius Diogenes provides the general fictive or dramatic date for these events.[2][3]
Notes
- ^ A History of Greece Part II by Evelyn Abbott, New York: G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1892, pp. 436-439.
- ^ Collected Ancient Greek Novels edited by B.P. Reardon, Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989, p. 779, fn. 6.
- ^ Smith, William (2005). A Dictionary of Greek and Roman biography and mythology. By various writers. Ed. by William Smith. Illustrated by numerous engravings on wood.
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