Hippocrates of Gela

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Hippocrates of Gela was a powerful early 5th-century BC tyrant of the Sicilian city of Gela, known for expanding its territory and influence through military campaigns.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Hippocrates of Gela canonical 4
Hippocrates of Syracuse 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (43)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek tyrant ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
ruler ⓘ
activePeriod early 5th century BC ⓘ
appointedAsGeneral Gelo of Syracuse ⓘ
battle campaign against Himera ⓘ
campaign against Syracuse ⓘ
conflictWith Himera ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
continent Sicily ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Gela ⓘ
culture Ancient Greek ⓘ
dateOfBirth 6th century BC ⓘ
dateOfDeath 491 BC ⓘ
diedInBattle true ⓘ
era Classical antiquity ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
expandedControlOver Camarina ⓘ
Leontini ⓘ
Naxos ⓘ
Zancle ⓘ
governmentType tyranny ⓘ
knownFor domination of southeastern Sicily ⓘ
expansion of Gela’s power in Sicily ⓘ
military campaigns in Sicily ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mentorOrPatronOf Gelo of Syracuse ⓘ
notableEvent conquest of Zancle ⓘ
death during campaign against Himera ⓘ
siege of Syracuse ⓘ
linked to: Sicilian Expedition

subjugation of Leontini ⓘ
partOf Greek tyrants of Sicily ⓘ
placeOfDeath Himera ⓘ
positionHeld ruler of Gela ⓘ
tyrant of Gela ⓘ
predecessor Cleander of Gela ⓘ
regionRuled southeastern Sicily ⓘ
relative Cleander of Gela ⓘ
ruledCity Gela ⓘ
sibling Cleander of Gela ⓘ
source Diodorus Siculus ⓘ
Herodotus ⓘ
successor Gelo of Syracuse ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gela → notableRuler → Hippocrates of Gela ⓘ
Siege of Syracuse → commander → Hippocrates of Syracuse ⓘ
linked to: Hippocrates of Gela
Epicydes of Syracuse → sibling → Hippocrates of Syracuse ⓘ
linked to: Hippocrates of Gela
Epicydes of Syracuse → coLeaderWith → Hippocrates of Syracuse ⓘ
linked to: Hippocrates of Gela
Gelo of Syracuse → predecessor → Hippocrates of Gela ⓘ
Cleander of Gela → successor → Hippocrates of Gela ⓘ
Cleander of Gela → relative → Hippocrates of Gela ⓘ