§2.1Neque vero haec Dionysium fugiebant: nam quanto esset sibi ornamento, sentiebat.
And indeed these things did not escape Dionysius; for he felt how great an honor he was to him.
quo fiebat ut uni huic maxime indulgeret neque eum secus diligeret ac filium:
Hence it came to pass that he favored this one man the most, and loved him no otherwise than as a son.
§2.2qui quidem, cum Platonem Tarentum venisse fama in Siciliam esset perlata, adulescenti negare non potuerit, quin eum arcesseret, cum Dion eius audiendi cupiditate flagraret.
Indeed, when the report was brought to Sicily that Plato had come to Tarentum, he could not refuse the young man but that he should summon him, since Dion was burning with the desire of hearing him.
dedit ergo huic veniam magnaque eum ambitione Syracusas perduxit.
He therefore gave him permission, and with great pomp brought him to Syracuse.
§2.3quem Dion adeo admiratus est atque adamavit, ut se ei totum traderet.
Dion so admired and loved him that he devoted himself entirely to him.
neque vero minus ipse Plato delectatus est Dione.
Nor indeed was Plato himself less delighted with Dion.
itaque cum a tyranno crudeliter violatus esset, quippe qui eum venumdari iussisset, tamen eodem rediit eiusdem Dionis precibus adductus.
Therefore, although he had been cruelly mistreated by the tyrant, who had indeed ordered him to be sold as a slave, yet he returned to the same place, induced by the prayers of the same Dion.
§2.4interim in morbum incidit Dionysius.
Meanwhile, Dionysius fell ill.
quo cum gravius conflictaretur, quaesivit a medicis Dion, quem ad modum se haberet, simulque ab iis petiit, si forte in maiore esset periculo, ut sibi faterentur: nam velle se cum eo colloqui de partiendo regno, quod sororis suae filios ex illo natos partem regni putabat debere habere.
When he was more severely afflicted by it, Dion asked the physicians how he was doing, and at the same time requested of them that, if by chance he should be in greater danger, they would confess it to him; for he said that he wished to speak with him about dividing the kingdom, since he thought that his sister's sons, born of him, ought to have a share of the kingdom.
§2.5id medici non tacuerunt et ad Dionysium filium sermonem rettulerunt.
The physicians did not keep this secret, but reported the conversation to Dionysius the son.
quo ille commotus, ne agendi esset Dioni potestas, patri soporem medicos dare coegit.
Alarmed by this, lest Dion should have an opportunity of taking action, he forced the physicians to give a sleeping draught to his father.
hoc aeger sumpto sopitus diem obiit supremum.
Having taken this, the sick man was lulled to sleep and met his last day.