Diodorus Siculus, Library 13.92
Posted: Wed 30 Jan, 2019 5:19 pm
[1] [[πάντα] δὲ [πρὸς] [τὴν τῶν ἀκουόντων προαίρεσιν καὶ τὴν ἰδίαν ἐπιβολὴν] [δημηγορήσας]] [[οὐ μετρίως] [ἐξῆρε] [τὸν τῶν ἐκκλησιαζόντων θυμόν]]: [[ὁ γὰρ δῆμος] καὶ [[πάλαι] [μισῶν] [τοὺς στρατηγοὺς]] [[διὰ] [τὸ δοκεῖν] [κακῶς]] [[προΐστασθαι] [τοῦ πολέμου]], τότε διὰ τῶν λόγων παροξυνθεὶς παραυτίκα τοὺς μὲν ἔλυσε τῆς ἀρχῆς, [[ἑτέρους] δ᾽ [εἵλατο] [στρατηγούς]], [[ἐν οἷς] [καὶ] [τὸν Διονύσιον]], [[ὃς] [ἐν] [ταῖς πρὸς Καρχηδονίους μάχαις] [[ἀνδρείᾳ] [δόξας] [διενηνοχέναι]] [[περίβλεπτος ἦν] [παρὰ] [τοῖς Συρακοσίοις]].
[1] Dionysius, by suiting every word of his harangue to the people to the predilection of his hearers and his own personal design, stirred the anger of the assembly to no small degree; for the people, which for some time past had hated the generals for what they considered to be their bad conduct of the war and at the moment were spurred on by what was being said to them, immediately dismissed some of them from office and chose other generals, among whom was also Dionysius, who enjoyed the reputation of having shown unusual bravery in the battles against the Carthaginians and was admired of all the Syracusans.
[1] Dionysius, by suiting every word of his harangue to the people to the predilection of his hearers and his own personal design, stirred the anger of the assembly to no small degree; for the people, which for some time past had hated the generals for what they considered to be their bad conduct of the war and at the moment were spurred on by what was being said to them, immediately dismissed some of them from office and chose other generals, among whom was also Dionysius, who enjoyed the reputation of having shown unusual bravery in the battles against the Carthaginians and was admired of all the Syracusans.