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Noun: Dionysius  ,dI-u'nee-shee-us
  1. The tyrant of Syracuse who fought the Carthaginians (430-367 BC)
    - Dionysius I of Syracuse, Dionysius the Elder

Type of: tyrant

Encyclopedia: Dionysius, Metropolitan of Moscow