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Plutarch · c. AD 46-after 119

Life of Timoleon

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Plutarch's Life of Timoleon tells of the Corinthian general sent to free Syracuse and the other Greek cities of Sicily from tyrants and from Carthage. It covers his part in the killing of his brother Timophanes, the favourable signs that marked his voyage, his victory at the Crimesus river and his last years in Syracuse. It is paired with the Life of Aemilius Paulus.

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Greek original with English translation, 16 passages, about 13500 words in English.
Translator
Bernadotte Perrin (1918)
Edition
Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 6, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1918 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus)
Cite as
Plutarch, Life of Timoleon 0.1 (by chapter, section)

Contents · 16 passages

  1. 0.1–2.4Prologue and the state of Syracuse before Timoleon846 words
  2. 3.1–5.4Timoleon and the killing of his brother Timophanes936 words
  3. 6.1–7.7Timoleon's long grief and Hicetas' letter623 words
  4. 8.1–9.8Signs for the voyage: Persephone's dream, the Delphic fillet and the torch in the sky617 words
  5. 10.1–11.6Timoleon's escape from Rhegium to Tauromenium783 words
  6. 12.1–13.10Timoleon's victory at Adranum and the surrender of Dionysius865 words
  7. 14.1–15.11Dionysius in Corinth: the exiled tyrant and his sayings785 words
  8. 16.1–19.6The attempt on Timoleon's life at Adranum, Mago's fleet and the Corinthians' crossing1400 words
  9. 20.1–21.7Mago leaves Sicily and Timoleon takes Syracuse790 words
  10. 22.1–24.4Timoleon demolishes the tyrants' citadel and refounds Syracuse992 words
  11. 25.1–26.6The Carthaginian invasion and the parsley omen576 words
  12. 27.1–29.6The battle of the Crimesus river1230 words
  13. 30.1–31.8Timoleon's mercenaries, the Delphi temple-robbers, and the seal-ring lots at the Damurias river760 words
  14. 32.1–34.7The fall of Hicetas, Hippo and Mamercus619 words
  15. 35.1–36.9Timoleon restores Sicily and ascribes his success to Fortune633 words
  16. 37.1–39.7Timoleon's blindness, honours and funeral at Syracuse1046 words

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English translation by Bernadotte Perrin (1918). Original text: Bernadotte Perrin (ed. and trans.), Plutarch's Lives, vol. 6, Loeb Classical Library, Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann, 1918 (Greek text as digitised by Perseus).

Greek text and translation from the Perseus Digital Library, Tufts University, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Perseus Digital Library); translation public domain. Introductions, summaries and notes © GreekMythology.com.