Dion

(di'on,) a Syracusan patriot, B. abt. 410B. c., became one of the favorite friends and disciples of Plato, and, falling into disgrace at court, after the acce ion ofDionysius the Younger, repaired to Athens. In 357, he headed an expedition against Syracuse, and took that city. A a inated abt. 354 B. c. [s. 288]