Timoleon

Plutarch

Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives, Vol. VI. Perrin, Bernadotte, translator. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; London: William Heinemann Ltd., 1918.

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.)