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Hello I am Damarete, the favorite daughter of Theron, Tyrant of Akragas. Educated since childhood for court life and destined to become the wife of a king. In fact, my father, to seal the alliance pact made with the Syracusans against the Carthaginians, gave me, still very young, in marriage to their Tyrant, Gelon. Diodorus Siculus, writes of the important role I had in the peace of Himera, as I had the merit of suggesting and obtaining fair and equitable agreements between the parties. From the Carthaginians, defeated by us, I even obtained the renunciation of human sacrifices. For my contribution to peace, I received a golden crown, weighing one hundred talents, which I had transformed into hard cash, to be distributed to my fellow citizens. The peace pact made thanks to my intervention, was longlasting and, for over seventy years, there were no more clashes in Sicily.