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Heracleides of Leontini, the Glossary

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Heracleides (Ἡρακλείδης) was a tyrant or ruler of Leontini, Magna Graecia, at the time when Pyrrhus of Epirus landed in Sicily, in 278 BC.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 5 relations: Lentini, Magna Graecia, Pyrrhus of Epirus, Sicily, Tyrant.

  2. Sicilian Greeks
  3. Sicilian tyrants

Lentini

Lentini (Lintini, historically Liuntini; Leontīnī; Λεοντῖνοι) is a town and comune in the Province of Syracuse, southeastern Sicily (Southern Italy), located 35 km (22 miles) north-west of Syracuse.

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Magna Graecia

Magna Graecia is a term that was used for the Greek-speaking areas of Southern Italy, in the present-day Italian regions of Calabria, Apulia, Basilicata, Campania and Sicily; these regions were extensively populated by Greek settlers starting from the 8th century BC.

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Pyrrhus of Epirus

Pyrrhus (Πύρρος; 319/318–272 BC) was a Greek king and statesman of the Hellenistic period.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia,; Sicilia,, officially Regione Siciliana) is an island in the central Mediterranean Sea, south of the Italian Peninsula in continental Europe and is one of the 20 regions of Italy.

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Tyrant

A tyrant, in the modern English usage of the word, is an absolute ruler who is unrestrained by law, or one who has usurped a legitimate ruler's sovereignty.

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See also

Sicilian Greeks

Sicilian tyrants

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleides_of_Leontini