Hiero II, Greek tyrant of Syracuse from 275 to 215 BC

Hiero II, Greek tyrant of Syracuse, Sicily, from 275 to 215 BC. Former general of Pyrrhus of Epirus and important figure of the First Punic War. Head of a young man in laurel crown. Hierone. Copperplate engraving by Etienne Picart after Giovanni Angelo Canini from Iconografia, cioe disegni d'imagini de famosissimi monarchi, regi, filososi, poeti ed oratori dell Antichita, Drawings of images of famous monarchs, kings, philosophers, poets and orators of Antiquity, Ignatio de'Lazari, Rome, 1699

1699 17th Century Classical Mythology Etienne Picart Filososi Giovanni Angelo Canini Greek Myth Iconografia Ignatio Delazari Laurel Crown Orator Poeti Ed Oratori Dell Antichita Regi Roman Myth Young Man

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