Person: Hieron son of Deinomenes from Syracuse (Sicily)

Person ID: 922
Name: Hieron
Father's Name: Deinomenes
Place of Origin: Syracuse (Sicily)
Date Range: -482 to -470
List of Festivals:
Olympia in Elis (Elis)
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis)
List of Events:
Olympia in Elis (Elis) on ( -468 to -468 )
Olympia in Elis (Elis) on ( -472 to -472 )
Olympia in Elis (Elis) on ( -476 to -476 )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( -482 to -470 )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( -482 to -470 )
Pythia in Delphi (Phokis) on ( -482 to -470 )
List of Disciplines:
riding: hippos
riding: keles
chariot: tethrippon
List of References:
Bacch. 3, 5
Bacchyl. Ep. 3.17-22
Bacchyl. Ep. 4
Bacchyl. Ep. 5.40-41
P. Oxy 222
P.Oxy 222
Paus. 8.42.8-10
Pi. O. 1
Pi. O. 2
Pi. O. 3
Schol. (Vratisl.) p. 15-16 Dr.
SIG 35A
SIG 35D
List of Prosopographies:
Moretti (1957), no. 221, 234, 246
Strasser (2001), no. 34
Comment: Tyrant of Syracuse (478-467 BC). Some of his victories including the first Olympic one, were won with his horse Pherenikos. - DL