Timoleon of Corinth

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ancient Greek general ancient Greek statesman historical figure person

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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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
Timoleon	4
Corinthian statesman Timoleon	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ancient Greek general ⓘ ancient Greek statesman ⓘ historical figure ⓘ person ⓘ
activeInCentury	4th century BC ⓘ
associatedWith	Corinthian intervention in Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Syracusan democracy ⓘ
battle	Battle of the Crimissus NERFINISHED ⓘ
conflict	Sicilian campaigns against Carthage ⓘ struggle against Syracusan tyrants ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Ancient Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
diedIn	Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	Classical Greece NERFINISHED ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Greek ⓘ
goal	limiting Carthaginian influence in Sicily ⓘ removal of tyrants from Sicilian Greek cities ⓘ
hasBiographyIn	Plutarch's Life of Timoleon NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Sicily NERFINISHED ⓘ Syracuse NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Corinth NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Tauromenium → alliedWith → Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ

Leontini → laterRuler → Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timoleon

Life of Timoleon → mainSubject → Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timoleon

Life of Timoleon → focusesOn → Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Corinthian statesman Timoleon

Life of Timoleon → hasCharacter → Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timoleon

Dionysius II of Syracuse → successor → Timoleon of Corinth ⓘ

this entity surface form: Timoleon