1. Returns to tutor Dionysius II

    · Syracuse, Sicily, Italy

    Returns to tutor Dionysius II
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    Plato returned to Syracuse at Dion’s request to educate the young Dionysius II and test whether philosophical training could shape a ruler. The political experiment soon collapsed. The source describes early 366 BC as likely rather than certain.

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