Editing Timoleon (section)

==Early life==
[[Image:Timoleon setting sail for Sicily.jpg|thumb|right|Timoleon sets sail for Sicily (as depicted in ''Children's Plutarch'',  1900)]]

Timoleon was a member of the Corinthian oligarchy.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|title=History of Greece, Vol. 11|last=Grote|first=George}}</ref>  In the mid 360s BC, [[Timophanes]], the brother of Timoleon, took possession of the [[acropolis]] of Corinth and effectively made himself tyrant of the city. In response, Timoleon, who had earlier heroically saved his brother's life in battle, and after repeatedly pleading with him to desist,<ref name=":1" /> became involved in the assassination of Timophanes.<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title = Who's Who in the Classical World|last = Hornblower|first = Simon|publisher = Oxford Paperback Reference|year = 2000|isbn = 0192801074|location = New York|pages = 403|last2 = Spawforth|first2 = Tony}}</ref> Most Corinthians approved his conduct as patriotic; however, the tragic occurrence, the actual fratricide, the curses of his mother, and the indignation of some of his fellow citizens, drove him into a self-imposed early withdrawal from politics and civic life for twenty years.{{sfn|Chisholm|1911}}