Dionysius allows Pythias to return home to get

his affairs in order.

How does this incident affect the plot?

It creates tension in the story as to

whether Pythias will return in time.

O

It creates a conflict for Damon, who

goes to jail while Pythias is away.

It becomes an obstacle for Damon

and his loyalty to Pythias.

O

It foreshadows that Pythias's horse

is killed.

Answer:Dionysius's desire for total control and power affect the story's plot in "Damon and Pythias" when Dionysius character was hot - tempered and imperious and anyone who angered him was put to death. In this situation, people in Syracuse were afraid to make a statement about him because they will be put to death. And so when a day came that he was informed that a young man named Pythias had been heard complaining against the cruelty of Dionysius, he condemned the youth to die.