so he obliged and killed himself after falling from great height. When Meles learnt that Timagoras had actually gone through with his suggestion, he was overwhelmed with remorse and guilt. He too then threw himself from the same place and died. The foreign residents of Athens then erected an altar to Anteros, god of mutual love, whorshipped as the avenging spirit of Timagoras.

Suda

The same tale is elaborated more in the Byzantine encyclopedia Suda, whose author

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