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[3] Clearchus, the tyrant of Heracleia,1 was slain during the festival of Dionysus as he went to witness the spectacle, after ruling twelve years, and his son Timotheus2 succeeded to the throne and ruled for fifteen years.

1 See Book 15.81.5. On his death see Justin 16.5.12 to end and Memnon (FHG, 3), 1.4.

2 Memnon (FHG, 3), 2.1 and Justin, l.c., say his brother Satyrus seized the power. See Beloch, Griechische Geschichte (2), 3.2.94 ff.

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