# Dion — Discourses character guide

> Dion in Discourses by Epictetus.

**Role:** minor

**First appearance:** 0004-i-of-the-things-which-are-in-our-power-and-not-in-our-power

## Who they are

Syracusan politician and student of Plato, used as a historical example.

## In the story

### [Of Contentment](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/xii-of-contentment)

Used in an analogy about writing names correctly, illustrating that we must learn to wish things as they ought to be.

### [To Those Who Read and Discuss for the Sake of Ostentation](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/discourses_se/chapters/xxiii-to-those-who-read-and-discuss-for-the-sake-of-ostentation)

Referenced as a writer whose style is compared unfavorably to the speaker's, illustrating the focus on superficial praise rather than substance.

## Links

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