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Afterwards, on the death of Cleander the son of Pantares, who was
slain by Sabyllus, a citizen of Gela, after he had held the tyranny
for seven years, Hippocrates, Cleander's brother, mounted the
throne. During his reign, Gelo, a descendant of the high-priest
Telines, served with many others - of whom Aenesidemus, son of
Pataicus, was one - in the king's bodyguard. Within a little time
his merit caused him to be raised to the command of all the horse. For
when Hippocrates laid siege to Callipolis, and afterwards to Naxos,
to Zancle, to Leontini, and moreover to Syracuse, and many cities
of the barbarians, Gelo in every war distinguished himself above all
the combatants. Of the various cities above named, there was none but
Syracuse which was not reduced to slavery. The Syracusans were saved
from this fate, after they had suffered defeat on the river Elorus,
by the Corinthians and Corcyraeans, who made peace between them and
Hippocrates, on condition of their ceding Camarina to him; for that
city anciently belonged to Syracuse.
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