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Gelon
Gelon "aka" Gelo (Greek: Γέλων "Gelon", "gen.": Γέλωνος; died 478 BC), son of Deinomenes, was a 5th-century BC ruler of Gela and Syracuse and first of the Deinomenid rulers.
Early life.
Gelon was the son of Deinomenes. According to Herodotus, Gelon's ancestors came from the island of Telos in the Aegean Sea and were the founders of the city of Gela in southern Sicily. One of his later ancestors, Telines, was
Gelo, son of Hiero II
Gelo (or "Gelon") (before 266 BC – 216 BC) was the eldest son of Hiero II, king of Syracuse.
Gelo died shortly before his father Hiero, at the age of more than 50 years. Not much is known concerning him, but he appears to have inherited the quiet and prudent character of his father. Polybius records to his praise that he sacrificed all objects of personal ambition to the duty of obedience and reverence to his parents. It seems