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Theron Of Akragas
Theron ( el, Θήρων, ''gen''.: Θήρωνος; died 473 BC), son of Aenesidamus, was a Greek tyrant of the town of Acragas in Sicily from 488 BC. According to Polyaenus, he came to power by using public funds allocated for the hire of private contractors meant to assist with a temple building project, to instead hire a personal group of bodyguards. With this force at his disposal, he was able to seize control of the town's government.Polyaenus. "Stratagems in War." 6.51 He soon became an ally of Gelo, who at that time controlled Gela, and from 485 BC, Syracuse Syracuse may refer to: Places Italy *Syracuse, Sicily, or spelled as ''Siracusa'' *Province of Syracuse United States *Syracuse, New York **East Syracuse, New York **North Syracuse, New York *Syracuse, Indiana * Syracuse, Kansas *Syracuse, Miss .... Gelo later became Theron's son-in-law. Theron went to war with the city of Selinunte and the tyrant of Himera, Terillus. The latter, expelled from his city, th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theron Tomb
Theron ( , ) is a surname of Occitan origin (from place-names Théron, Thérond variant form of *''Thoron'' — same as Le Thor (Vaucluse, ''Torum'' 1029) — from PIE ''*tur-'' or Latin ''torus'' "height"), and a given name in English. It may refer to: Given name *Theron of Acragas (died 473 BC), 5th century BC tyrant of Acragas, Sicily *Theron Akin (1855–1933), U.S. Representative from New York *Theron Ephron Catlin (1878–1960), U.S. Representative from Missouri *Theron Feemster, American record producer, songwriter, musician, and singer * Theron Hale (1883–1954), American old-time fiddle and banjo player *Theron Metcalf (1784–1875), New England jurist and judge * Theron Randolph, MD (1906–1995), founder of the holistic field of environmental illness and medicine known as clinical ecology * Theron Read (died 2009), American film actor * Theron Moses Rice (1829–1895), U.S. Representative from Missouri *Theron Sapp (born 1935), former American football running back * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
