Prologo in Grecia. Premesse della spedizione di Dione in Sicilia

In this paper I regard a phase of life of Dion of Syracuse, which can better explain the circumstances of his action in Sicily. Through analytical reading of the pages of Diodorus and Plutarch, we can focus on the two poles of his political activity in Greece: Athens and Corinth. Athens is the place of the platonic paideia, but also the city that in a well-defined time (see some epigraphic documents) attempts to rebuild its international relevance; Corinth is the homeland, that keeps a strong feeling versus tyranny and a look to the West.