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Timaeus was born 356 or 350 to a wealthy Greek family in Tauromenium (modern Taormina), in eastern Sicily.His father, Andromachus, was a dynast who had been ruling Tauromenium since 358 after he seized the city from Dionysius of Syracuse.
[2] [1] His son, Timaeus, was born ca. 356 or 350. Andromachus is said to have maintained control at Tauromenium through moderate rule. [2] In 344, he assisted Timoleon in his expedition against Dionysius (Diod. xvi. 7, 68; Plut. Timol. 10). [2] [1] He remained in power at Tauromenium after Timoleon liberated Sicily. [2]
Timaeus (or Timaios) is a Greek name. It may refer to: Timaeus, a Socratic dialogue by Plato; Timaeus of Locri, 5th-century BC Pythagorean philosopher, appearing in Plato's dialogue; Timaeus (historian) (c. 345 BC-c. 250 BC), Greek historian from Tauromenium in Sicily
Timoleon sets sail for Sicily (as depicted in Children's Plutarch, 1900). Timoleon was a member of the Corinthian oligarchy. [4] 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.
Timaeus (/ t aɪ ˈ m iː ə s /; Ancient Greek: Τίμαιος, romanized: Timaios, pronounced [tǐːmai̯os]) is one of Plato's dialogues, mostly in the form of long monologues given by Critias and Timaeus, written c. 360 BC.
Taormina (UK: / ˌ t ɑː ɔːr ˈ m iː n ə / TAH-or-MEE-nə, [2] US: /-n ɑː /-nah, also / t aʊər ˈ-/, [3] [4] Italian: [ta.orˈmiːna]; Sicilian: Taurmina) is a comune (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina, on the east coast of the island of Sicily, Italy. Taormina has been a tourist destination since the 19th century.
Hermocrates (/ h ɜːr ˈ m ɒ k r ə ˌ t iː z /; Ancient Greek: Ἑρμοκράτης, romanized: Hermokrátēs, c. 5th century – 407 BC) was an ancient Syracusan general from Greek Sicily during the Athenians' Sicilian Expedition in the midst of the Peloponnesian War. He is also remembered as a character in the Timaeus and Critias ...
Conversely, Timaeus of Tauromenium (writing c. 300 BCE) considers the Sicani to be indigenous to Sicily. [6] A third theory, put forward by some modern scholars, suggests that the Sicani were immigrants, who gained control of areas previously inhabited by native tribes. [7]