Hiero (Xenophon)

Hiero (Greek: Ἱέρων, Hiéron) is a minor work by Xenophon, set as a dialogue between Hiero, tyrant of Syracuse, and the lyric poet Simonides about 474 BC. In it Xenophon argues that a tyrant does not have any more access to happiness than a private person.

The dialogue—like many of Xenophon's works—does not receive much scholarly attention today. However, it was the nominal subject of Leo Strauss' analysis On Tyranny, which initiated his famous dialogue with Alexandre Kojève on the role of philosophy in politics.

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Works by Xenophon

Historical and biographical works	Anabasis Cyropaedia Hellenica Agesilaus

Socratic works and dialogues	Memorabilia Oeconomicus Symposium Apology Hiero

Short treatises	On Horsemanship Hipparchicus Cynegeticus Ways and Means

Related	Constitution of the Athenians

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