When Hippocrates, too, after reigning the same number of years as his brother Cleandrus, came to his end near the town of Hybla—from where he had marched against the Sicels—then Gelon made a pretence of serving the cause of Hippocrates' sons Euclides and Cleandrus, whose rule the citizens would no longer bear. When he had defeated the men of +Gela [14.25,37.0667] (Perseus) Gela, however, he deposed the sons of Hippocrates and held sway himself.

After this stroke of good fortune, Gelon brought back from the town of Casmena to +Syracuse [15.3,37.0667] (Perseus) Syracuse both the so-called landed gentry of +Syracuse [15.3,37.0667] (Perseus) Syracuse, who had been driven into exile by the common people, and their slaves, the Cyllyrians. He then took possession of that city also, for the Syracusan common people surrendered themselves and it to Gelon at his coming.