Editing Timoleon (section)

{{Short description|Greek statesman and general (c.411–337 BC)}}
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[[File:Timoleon-Corynth.jpg|thumb|Timoleon in [[Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum|a 1553 image]]]]
'''Timoleon''' ([[Ancient Greek language|Greek]]: [[wikt:Τιμολέων|Τιμολέων]]), son of Timodemus, of [[Ancient Corinth|Corinth]] ({{circa|411}}–337 BC) was a Greek statesman and general.

As a brilliant general, a champion of [[Greece]] against [[Ancient Carthage|Carthage]], and a fighter against despotism, he is closely connected with the [[history of Sicily#Classical Age|history of Sicily]], especially [[Syracuse, Italy|Syracuse]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Westlake |first=H. D. |date=1942 |title=Timoleon and the Reconstruction of Syracuse |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3020793 |journal=Cambridge Historical Journal |volume=7 |issue=2 |pages=73–100 |issn=1474-6913}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Westlake |first=H. D. |date=1949 |title=The Purpose of Timoleon's Mission |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/290966 |journal=The American Journal of Philology |volume=70 |issue=1 |pages=65–75 |doi=10.2307/290966 |issn=0002-9475|url-access=subscription }}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kagan |first=Donald |date=1960 |title=Timoleon's Mission to Sicily and its Political Background |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24437695 |journal=The Historian |volume=23 |issue=1 |pages=1–22 |issn=0018-2370}}</ref>