Theron of Acragas
Theron (
. Gelo later became Theron's son-in-law.Theron went to war with the city of
Rhegium.[3] Theron occupied Himera but was then besieged in this city by a Carthaginian army, assisted by Terillus. In 480 BC, Theron, with the support of Gelo, won a great victory outside the walls of Himera against the Carthaginians and their allies. During the reign of Theron, Acragas along with Syracuse and Selinunte formed a kind of "triumvirate" which dominated Greek Sicily at the time. Theron died in 473 BC and was briefly succeeded by his son Thrasydaeus, before he was defeated by Gelo's brother and successor, Hiero I
. After that defeat, Acragas came under the control of Syracuse.
chariot race at the Olympic Games of 476 B.C. The poet Simonides of Ceos
was also active at Theron's court.
References
- ^ Polyaenus. "Stratagems in War." 6.51
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