Timarchus or Timarch was a tyrant of the ancient Greek city of Miletus in the 3rd century BC. With Ptolemaeus Nios (Ptolemy "the Son"), he led a revolt against Ptolemy II of Egypt in 259 BC. He was slain the next year by the Seleucid king Antiochus II during the course of the second Syrian war between the Seleucid kingdom and Egypt. The grateful citizens of Miletus awarded the surname of "Theos" (God) to the king who freed their city.
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