I'm a bit confused: this sounds like a book about the tyrants of Syracuse that makes no reference to any of the two Hiero, Dionysius the man who almost killed Plato or Agathocles (that is, all the most famous tyrants of Syracuse). Perhaps you didn't find them as interesting? Hiero I, in particular, is the object of a fascinating essay by Leo Strauss, not sure if the author looks into that.
I just checked the index and while it does touch on Dionysius of Halicarnassus (22, 217, 219) and Dionysius the Younger (167, 217, 221, 223) that was a pretty small section of the text -- the book is 224 pages, and frankly by the time I got to the end I was thoroughly annoyed by the book (I have no particular objections to dry texts, but this wasn't so much dry as annoying). It's a shame given how excited I was at the beginning. I'm going to check out that essay by Leo Strauss, thanks for the tip!
That's too bad,! Anyway, if you remain interested on the subject, I'm now entering the era of the Sicilian tyrants in my own Substack, so feel free to check for example the post I just published https://mankind.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-carthage-and-rome. (It's for paid subscribers, but I can comp you, no worries)
I'm a bit confused: this sounds like a book about the tyrants of Syracuse that makes no reference to any of the two Hiero, Dionysius the man who almost killed Plato or Agathocles (that is, all the most famous tyrants of Syracuse). Perhaps you didn't find them as interesting? Hiero I, in particular, is the object of a fascinating essay by Leo Strauss, not sure if the author looks into that.
I just checked the index and while it does touch on Dionysius of Halicarnassus (22, 217, 219) and Dionysius the Younger (167, 217, 221, 223) that was a pretty small section of the text -- the book is 224 pages, and frankly by the time I got to the end I was thoroughly annoyed by the book (I have no particular objections to dry texts, but this wasn't so much dry as annoying). It's a shame given how excited I was at the beginning. I'm going to check out that essay by Leo Strauss, thanks for the tip!
That's too bad,! Anyway, if you remain interested on the subject, I'm now entering the era of the Sicilian tyrants in my own Substack, so feel free to check for example the post I just published https://mankind.substack.com/p/the-rise-of-carthage-and-rome. (It's for paid subscribers, but I can comp you, no worries)
I am definitely interested, thank you!
Just tell me your email, mine is aussiesta-a-gmail. com
ek@eleanorkonik.com is me, I think I'm already subscribed by email but I might have yours still as RSS still