Hiero
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| Originally published | April 27, 2012 |
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| Authors | Xenophon |
| Genres | Fiction |
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| ID | 2434376 |
About Hiero
Hiero is a minor work by Xenophon, set as a dialogue between Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, and the lyric poet Simonides about 474 BC. The dialogue is a response to the assumption that a tyrant's life is more pleasant than a commoner.