Dionysius II, tyrant of Syracuse, is forced into exile by Timoleon.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Timoleon Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Timoleon Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Dionysius II Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: capture
Third Party (Group) :	Origin: Greek, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Reaction: joy Origin: Syracusan, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Reaction: joy
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Timoleon 23.1Plutarch Timoleon 23.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	344 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign siege
Motivation :	following orders political
Long-Term Consequence :	exile
Original Text :	οὐχ ἥρπασαν οἱ Κορίνθιοι τὴν πλεονεξίαν, οὐδὲ προσεποίησαν αὑτοῖς τὴν πόλιν, ἀλλὰ πρῶτον μὲν ἐπιόντες τοὺς ἱεροὺς ἀγῶνας ἐν τῇ Ἑλλάδι1 καὶ τὰς μεγίστας τῶν πανηγύρεων ἀνηγόρευον ὑπὸ κηρύκων ὅτι Κορίνθιοι καταλελυκότες τὴν ἐν Συρακούσαις τυραννίδα
Translation :	the Corinthians did not seize the opportunity for their own aggrandizement, nor did they appropriate the city for themselves, but, in the first place, they visited the sacred games in Greece and the greatest festival assemblages, and proclaimed by heralds that the Corinthians had overthrown the tyranny in Syracuse, and driven out the tyrant,
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :	thirdperson: The reaction of the Greeks at the Olympic Games is mentioned in 23.3. The happyness of the liberated citizens of Syracuse can safely be assumed.
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