Plutarchi Vitae parallelae

About “Plutarchi Vitae parallelae”

The book recounts the lives of two tyrant rulers named Dionysius in Syracuse during the mid-fourth century B.C., focusing on their rule and the political dynamics within the city-state. It centers on Dion, a relative and later adversary of the second Dionysius, whose background as a member of a wealthy and powerful family contrasts with the rise of the Dionysii, and explores the tensions between them.