Timoleon

And when this opinion had been adopted, his retainers would conduct his car back again through the theatre, and the citizens, after sending him on his way with shouts of applause, would proceed at once to transact the rest of the public business by themselves.

Cherished in old age amid such honour and good will, like a common father, a slight cause co-operated with his great age to bring him to his end.[*](In 337 or 336 B.C.)