...re of the sea and the islands; some of which he subdued, in others planted colonies: at last he died at Camicus while he was attacking Sicily. There i... ...at person whom they created aesumnetes or tyrant; and some one advised the Syracusians, when Dionysius asked for guards, to allow him such. CHAPTER XV... ...of the state belong to some few particular families, who first founded the colonies. Nor would the rich, because they are superior in numbers, form a ... ...urners to the freedom of their city, were troubled with seditions: and the Syracusians, after the expulsion of their tyrants, having enrolled [1303b] ... ...en persons of the first distinction in the state, as was the case with the Syracusians in a remote period; for a revolution in the government was brou... ...ve freed them from it, as Cyrus, or the founders of cities, or settlers of colonies, as the kings of Sparta, Macedon, and Molossus. A king desires to ... ...son the Lacedaemonians destroyed many tyrannies; as did the 175 Aristotle Syracusians during the prosperity of their state. Nor are they only destroy... ...says; and for this purpose to employ spies: such were those women whom the Syracusians called potagogides Hiero also used to send out listeners wherev... ...ons of the people; for by continually sending some of their community into colonies they procured plenty. It is also worthy of a sensible and gener- o...