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Plato Uncovered: Building Influence in the Ancient and Modern World

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Dionysius II and Plato

Dion is some kind of relative by marriage to Dionysius II, the tyrant of Syracuse. He invites Plato back because he thinks it could be an opportunity to turn his son toward philosophy. The problem is that Dion has been neglected apparently by his father and doesn't live a very sober life. But there's a lot at stake, like the control of the island of Syracuse,. of Sicily by the Greeks.

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