Tyndarion
Tyrant of Tauromenium
About Tyndarion
Tyndarion (Greek: ) was a tyrant of Tauromenium (modern Taormina), Magna Graecia, in Sicily, who invited Pyrrhus over from Italy in 278 BCE. Pyrrhus directed his course first to Tauromenium, and received reinforcements from Tyndarion. (Diod. Ecl. viii. p. 495; comp. Plut. Pyrrh. 23; Droysen, Geschichte des Hellenismus, vol. ii. p. 150)
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Who was Tyndarion?
tyrant of Tauromenium
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Tyndarion (tyrant)
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