Gelon

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, Sicily, and first of the Deinomenid rulers.[1][2]

  1. ^ According to Bury & Meiggs on pages 156, 158 and 191; de Sélincourt's Herodotus on pages 494–495, etc.; and Britannica, the correct usage of his name in English is Gelon.
  2. ^ Clarke, Katherine (2018). Shaping the Geography of Empire: Man and Nature in Herodotus' Histories. Oxford University Press. p. 400. ISBN 978-0-19-255238-9.