• Gelon also known as Gelo (Greek: Γέλων Gelon, gen.: Γέλωνος; died 478 BC), son of Deinomenes, was a Greek tyrant of the Sicilian cities Gela and Syracuse...
    14 KB (1,934 words) - 18:34, 19 January 2024
  • son of Deinomenes, the brother of Gelon and tyrant of Syracuse in Sicily, from 478 to 467 BC. In succeeding Gelon, he conspired against a third brother...
    4 KB (394 words) - 18:31, 19 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for Graphium gelon
    Graphium gelon is a butterfly of the family Papilionidae. It is found in New Caledonia and the nearby Loyalty Islands. Graphium gelon and related species...
    3 KB (187 words) - 05:23, 9 January 2024
  • Gelón ( Uzbek. Gelon / Gelon ) is an urban-type settlement in the Shakhrisabz district of the Qashqadaryo Region of the Republic of Uzbekistan. The kishlak...
    3 KB (259 words) - 08:13, 2 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Battle of Himera (480 BC)
    at the same time as the Battle of Thermopylae, saw the Greek forces of Gelon, King of Syracuse, and Theron, tyrant of Agrigentum, defeat the Carthaginian...
    27 KB (3,542 words) - 13:20, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Chamoux-sur-Gelon
    Chamoux-sur-Gelon (French pronunciation: [ʃamu syʁ ʒəlɔ̃]) is a commune in the Savoie department in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France...
    2 KB (76 words) - 15:55, 2 December 2022
  • Gelon of Laconia was an ancient Greek athlete listed by Eusebius of Caesarea as a victor in the stadion race of the 44th Olympiad (604 BC). He was already...
    755 bytes (63 words) - 09:07, 22 December 2020
  • Thumbnail for Gayant
    Gayant (section Jehan Gelon)
    century, the townsmen of Scarpe asked for Jehan Gelon to help them if the city were attacked by barbarians. Gelon advised them to take refuge in the tower and...
    10 KB (1,235 words) - 18:03, 10 September 2023
  • Thumbnail for Hiero II of Syracuse
    illegitimate son of a Syracusan noble, Hierocles, who claimed descent from Gelon. He was a former general of Pyrrhus of Epirus and an important figure of...
    6 KB (696 words) - 10:20, 4 April 2024
  • Demeter was benefited by Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse, as a way to unite the Greek population during his expansionism on Sicily. Gelon was the hereditary chief...
    3 KB (338 words) - 21:31, 23 July 2023
  • Thumbnail for Agrigento
    made himself tyrant of Acragas around 488 BC. He formed an alliance with Gelon, tyrant of Gela and Syracuse. Around 483 BC, Theron invaded and conquered...
    34 KB (3,712 words) - 06:08, 20 May 2024
  • is unknown), but died there and was succeeded by Gelon in 491 BC or 490 BC. After six years, Gelon conquered Syracuse without resistance (485 BC or 484...
    25 KB (3,596 words) - 07:43, 21 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Vladimir Semenkovich
    Vladimir Nikolayevich Semenkovich (Russian: Владимир Николаевич Семенкович, 1861 – 1932) was a Russian ethnologist and archaeologist, best known for his...
    10 KB (867 words) - 16:37, 24 March 2024
  • Thumbnail for Timeline of ancient Greece
    overthrown by Terillus 485 Gelon annexes Syracuse (Except Kamarina and Licodia), Gela is given to Hieron 484 Kamarina is destroyed by Gelon 484 Aeschylus, Athenian...
    63 KB (7,983 words) - 14:04, 15 April 2024
  • its King Leonidas. Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse, wanted high command, but Sparta and Athens refused. However, during the Congress, Gelon had to withdraw due...
    2 KB (193 words) - 08:34, 3 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Pyrrhus II of Epirus
    II who was the last ruler of the Aeacid Dynasty and Nereis who married Gelon of Syracuse. Sampson, Gareth C. (2020-08-05). Rome and Parthia: Empires...
    3 KB (130 words) - 16:07, 2 March 2024
  • Gelo (or Gelon) (before 266 BC – 216 BC) was the eldest son of Hiero II, king of Syracuse, Magna Graecia. Gelo died shortly before his father Hiero, at...
    3 KB (367 words) - 18:11, 19 January 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Death of Harmonia
    collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Harmonia was the daughter of Gelon II, King of Syracuse. In 214 B.C she was under threat from conspirators...
    2 KB (131 words) - 02:05, 7 April 2024
  • officially used by any of the tyrants until Agathocles adopted the title in 304. Gelon I (485 BCE–478 BCE) Hiero I (478 BCE–466 BCE) Thrasybulus (466 BCE–465 BCE)...
    4 KB (440 words) - 00:54, 5 November 2023
  • Thumbnail for Lithium cobalt oxide
    Thermochimica Acta, volume 634, pages 26-30. doi:10.1016/j.tca.2016.04.018 LinYi Gelon New Battery Materials Co., Ltd, "Lithium Cobalt Oxide (LiCoO2) for lithium...
    12 KB (1,260 words) - 09:16, 24 February 2024
  • Geloan citizens banished to Mactorium and Telines (Τηλίνης), an ancestor of Gelon, succeeded in restoring them back to Gela, on the condition that his descendants...
    2 KB (223 words) - 07:19, 4 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Gela
    against the Siculi, the native Sicilian people. Hippocrates was succeeded by Gelon, who in 484 BC conquered Syracuse and moved his seat of government there...
    30 KB (2,979 words) - 08:49, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Ancient Greece
    crucial pass guarding the heart of Greece for several days; at the same time Gelon, tyrant of Syracuse, defeated the Carthaginian invasion at the Battle of...
    79 KB (9,320 words) - 20:57, 25 April 2024
  • was a sculptor of Aegina, who made the bronze chariot and statue of Gelon. Gelon was the son of Deinomenes and a ruler and tyrant of Syracuse and Gela...
    688 bytes (108 words) - 04:28, 2 June 2023
  • (expelled) Cleander, 505-498 BC (assassinated) Hippocrates, 498-491 BC Gelon, 491-485 BC Hieron I, 485-466 BC Polyzalus, fl. c. 476 BC Artemisia I of...
    18 KB (1,588 words) - 08:00, 21 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for Heliocentrism
    just three sentences, which Thomas Heath translates as follows: You [King Gelon] are aware that "universe" is the name given by most astronomers to the...
    99 KB (11,812 words) - 06:02, 13 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Aristarchus of Samos
    alternative hypothesis to geocentrism: You are now aware ['you' being King Gelon] that the "universe" is the name given by most astronomers to the sphere...
    24 KB (2,779 words) - 23:37, 9 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Universe
    describes Aristarchus's heliocentric model. Archimedes wrote: You, King Gelon, are aware the universe is the name given by most astronomers to the sphere...
    159 KB (16,650 words) - 01:19, 17 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for The Sand Reckoner
    first known computation dealing with solar parallax. There are some, king Gelon, who think that the number of the sand is infinite in multitude; and I mean...
    16 KB (1,900 words) - 07:15, 10 May 2024
  • commune in the French département of Yonne, region of Bourgogne Chamoux-sur-Gelon, a commune in the French département of Savoie This disambiguation page...
    636 bytes (75 words) - 04:38, 30 January 2018