Leptines II ( grc-gre, Λεπτίνης Β΄; died after 342 BC), son of
Leptines I, was the nephew of
Dionysius the Elder
Dionysius I or Dionysius the Elder ( 432 – 367 BC) was a Greek tyrant of Syracuse, in Sicily. He conquered several cities in Sicily and southern Italy, opposed Carthage's influence in Sicily and made Syracuse the most powerful of the Western Gre ...
.
In 351 BC, Leptines aided
Callippus
Callippus (; grc, Κάλλιππος; c. 370 BC – c. 300 BC) was a Greek astronomer and mathematician.
Biography
Callippus was born at Cyzicus, and studied under Eudoxus of Cnidus at the Academy of Plato. He also worked with Aristotle at th ...
in successfully expelling the garrison of
Dionysius the Younger
Dionysius the Younger ( el, Διονύσιος ὁ Νεώτερος, 343 BC), or Dionysius II, was a Greek politician who ruled Syracuse, Sicily from 367 BC to 357 BC and again from 346 BC to 344 BC.
Biography
Dionysius II of Syracuse was the s ...
from Rhegium. After civil unrest within the city, Leptines and Polyperchon turned on Callippus stabbing him with reputedly the same sword that killed
Dion.
[Plut. Dion. 28-58] (352 BC)
In 342 BC, when
Timoleon
Timoleon ( Greek: Τιμολέων), son of Timodemus, of Corinth (c. 411–337 BC) was a Greek statesman and general.
As a brilliant general, a champion of Greece against Carthage, and a fighter against despotism, he is closely connected ...
liberated
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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, Leptines was sent into exile. He died in
Corinth
Corinth ( ; el, Κόρινθος, Kórinthos, ) is the successor to an ancient city, and is a former municipality in Corinthia, Peloponnese (region), Peloponnese, which is located in south-central Greece. Since the 2011 local government refor ...
.
Notes
References
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Diod. Sic., xvi 72.
* Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology
Ancient Greek generals
4th-century BC Greek people
4th-century BC deaths
Year of birth unknown
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