Professor Sanders' full-length study of Dionysius I, one of the
most powerful figures of fourth-century BC Greece, is the first to
appear in English, and marks an important reassessment of the
'tyrant' of Syracuse. Dionysius I regularly appears in the
surviving historical accounts as a tyrant in the worst - modern -
sense of the word: cruelty, intransigence, arrogance are all part
of this stereotype. Yet here is a ruler who, according to the
ancient testimony, was deeply concerned with the establishment of a
just regime and to whom Plato turned to found the ideal Republic.
The hostile picture of Dionysius that has come down to us is
basically Athenian, Sanders argues, deriving from political circles
engaged in propaganda aimed at tarnishing the tyrant's reputation.
Dionysius I of Syracuse and Greek Tyranny will be of interest to
those engaged with the history, historiography and political
practice of the ancient world.
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