Timoleon of Corinth

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Timoleon of Corinth was a 4th-century BC Greek statesman and general best known for liberating Syracuse from tyranny and helping to restore stability and democracy in Sicily.

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Label Occurrences
Timoleon 5
Timoleon of Corinth canonical 2
Corinthian statesman Timoleon 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Greek general ⓘ
ancient Greek statesman ⓘ
historical figure ⓘ
person ⓘ
activeInCentury 4th century BC ⓘ
associatedWith Corinthian intervention in Sicily ⓘ
Syracusan democracy ⓘ
battle Battle of the Crimissus ⓘ
conflict Sicilian campaigns against Carthage ⓘ
struggle against Syracusan tyrants ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Ancient Greece ⓘ
linked to: Greek Antiquity
diedIn Syracuse ⓘ
era Classical Greece ⓘ
ethnicGroup Greek ⓘ
goal limiting Carthaginian influence in Sicily ⓘ
removal of tyrants from Sicilian Greek cities ⓘ
hasBiographyIn Plutarch's Life of Timoleon ⓘ
linked to: Life of Timoleon
historicalPeriod pre-Hellenistic period ⓘ
implemented invitation of new settlers to repopulate Sicilian cities ⓘ
land redistribution in Syracuse and Sicily ⓘ
knownFor defeat of Carthaginian forces in Sicily ⓘ
liberation of Syracuse from tyranny ⓘ
military campaigns in Sicily ⓘ
overthrow of Dionysian tyranny in Syracuse ⓘ
restoration of democracy in Syracuse ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
legacy model of a liberator from tyranny in Greek tradition ⓘ
stabilization of Greek cities in Sicily ⓘ
memberOf Corinthians ⓘ
militaryRank general ⓘ
notableAchievement defeat of Dionysius II of Syracuse ⓘ
defeat of tyrant Hiketas of Leontini ⓘ
invited by Syracusan exiles to intervene against tyranny ⓘ
victory at the Battle of the Crimissus ⓘ
notableWork reorganization of Syracusan constitution ⓘ
occupation general ⓘ
statesman ⓘ
placeOfActivity Corinth ⓘ
Sicily ⓘ
Syracuse ⓘ
placeOfBirth Corinth ⓘ
politicalIdeology support for democracy ⓘ
politicalRole leader in Syracuse ⓘ
restorer of Syracusan democracy ⓘ
religion ancient Greek religion ⓘ
roleInGovernment de facto leader of Syracuse ⓘ
source Plutarch's Parallel Lives ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Tauromenium → alliedWith → Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ
Leontini → laterRuler → Timoleon ⓘ
linked to: Timoleon of Corinth
Life of Timoleon → mainSubject → Timoleon ⓘ
linked to: Timoleon of Corinth
Life of Timoleon → focusesOn → Corinthian statesman Timoleon ⓘ
linked to: Timoleon of Corinth
Life of Timoleon → hasCharacter → Timoleon ⓘ
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Dionysius II of Syracuse → successor → Timoleon ⓘ
linked to: Timoleon of Corinth
Herman Melville bibliography → includesWork → Timoleon ⓘ
linked to: Timoleon of Corinth
Syracuse–Carthage rivalry → notableCommander → Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ