Leptines II (; died after 342 BC), son of Leptines I, was the nephew of

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. In 351 BC, Leptines aided

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in successfully expelling the garrison of

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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

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liberated

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, Leptines was sent into exile. He died in

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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 {{AncientGreece-bio-stub