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Short answer questions:
1) Who were good friends and where did they live?
i Why was Pythias caught by King Dionysus's soldier
What favour did Pythias ask from the king?
Answers
Answer:
1. The story that even today sets the standard of absolute friendship took place long ago in the fourth century BC, in the Greek island-state of Sicily. Damon and Pythias had been the best of friends since childhood. Each trusted the other like a brother .
2. Pythias made speeches asserting that no man or king should have such power over others for it would corrupt his rule. Such tyrants or dictators should be overthrown. Indeed, Pythias plotted to murder Dionysius and free Sicily of his dictatorship. The king got wind of it, and Pythias, caught before he could carry out his plan, was sentenced to die.
3. Pythias plotted to murder Dionysius and free Sicily of his dictatorship. The king got wind of it, and Pythias, caught before he could carry out his plan, was sentenced to die.
“Have you anything to say before you meet the executioner?’ asked King Dionysius.
“Yes,” said Pythias, “I would ask that you grant me five more days of life. Let me go home just long enough to say goodbye to my wife and children and to put my household in order.”
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