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Dionysius

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Dionysius, king of Portugal: see Diniz Diniz, Port. Dinis (dēnēsh`), 1261–1325, king of Portugal (1279–1325), son and successor of Alfonso III.
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Polygnotus depicted men as nobler than they are, Pauson as less noble, Dionysius drew them true to life.
The Poetics of Aristotle by Aristotle View in context
When Dionysius heard this he permitted him to take his money with him, but forbid him to continue any longer in Sicily, as being one who contrived means for getting money inconsistent with his affairs.
A Treatise on Government by Aristotle View in context
For I have always borne that laudable partiality to my own country, which Dionysius Halicarnassensis, with so much justice, recommends to an historian: I would hide the frailties and deformities of my political mother, and place her virtues and beauties in the most advantageous light.
Gulliver's Travels by Swift, Jonathan View in context
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