/ · 1894 Brewer’s · T · Timoleon
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The Corinthian who so hated tyranny that he murdered his own brother Timophʹanēs when he attempted to make himself absolute in Corintl
“The fair Corinthian boast
Timoleon, happy temper, mild and firm.
Who wept the brother while the tyrant bled
Thomson: Winter.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.