Why did Dionysus condemn Pythias to die?
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Pythias was accused of plotting against the tyrant and sentenced to death. ... Dionysius was convinced that Pythias would never return, and as the day Pythias promised to return came and went, he called for Damon's execution—but just as the executioner was about to kill Damon, Pythias returned.
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There once lived two men, called Damon and Pythias. They were both lovers of truth and integrity and in all the city of Syracuse they could find no one who upheld these principles so well as each other.
Dionysius was at that time the ruler of Syracuse; he wielded complete authority and very often abused his power, for he was hot-tempered and imperious and anyone who angered him was put to death.
One day he was informed that a young man named Pythias had been heard complaining against the cruelty of Dionysius; no one was allowed to criticise the ruler, and Dionysius condemned the youth to die.
When Pythias learnt of his fate, he begged to be allowed to return home to set his affairs in order.
“How far away is your home?” enquired Dionysius suspiciously, “and how may I be certain you will return?”
“My home is many miles distant,” replies Pythias, “but I have a friend, Damon, who is willing to take my place while I am away.”
There was a stir amongst the bystanders and a man stepped to Pythias’s side.
“I am Damon, my lord” he saidAnswer. Answer: Pythias was accused of plotting against the tyrant and sentenced to death. ... Dionysius was convinced that Pythias would never return, and as the day Pythias promised to return came and went, he called for Damon's execution—but just as the executioner was about to kill Damon, Pythias returned.