Driven out of Sicily by Agathocles, he migrated to Athens, where he studied rhetoric under a pupil of Isocrates and lived for fifty years.
Diusir keluar dari Sisilia oleh Agathokles, ia pindah ke Athena, di mana ia belajar retorika di bawah seorang murid Isokrates dan hidup selama lima puluh tahun.