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==In popular culture and literature==
Dionysius is one of the central characters in the legend of the [[Sword of Damocles]]. The Encyclopedia Britannica states that Dionysius I, not II, is the subject of the story "The Sword of Damocles". The anecdote apparently figured in the lost history of Sicily by Timaeus of Tauromenium (c. 356–260 BCE). The Roman orator Cicero may[citation needed] have read it in the texts of Greek historian Diodorus Siculus. Cicero used it in his Tusculanae Disputationes, 5. 61,[1] by which means it passed into the European cultural mainstream.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Damocles#ref69546|title = Damocles | Legend, Sword, & Facts}}</ref>
Dionysius also appears in [[Inferno (Dante)|Dante's ''Inferno'']], in which he is referred to as "Dionysius of Sicily" in Canto 12. He is among the many souls named by Chiron that boil in blood for violence against others.<!-- verifiable? Could also be Dionysius I of Syracuse whose article also claims to be the figure referenced in Dante's Inferno. -->
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