while they themselves, partly by entreaties and partly by fighting, stayed the course of the pursuers until late in the evening.
Edition :
Plutarch Lives IX: Demetrius and Antony, Pyrrhus and Caius Marius, Ed. Jeffrey Henderson, trans. Bernadotte Perrin (The Loeb Classical Library 101), Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - London 1968 (first ed. 1920).
Remark :
perpetrator: Both act as bodyguards for the infant prince Pyrrhus. This is mentioned in 2.1. victim: The defeat is mentioned in 2.3. original citation: αὐτοὶ refers to Androcleides and Angelus, who are mentioned in 2.1
Notes :
Concerning the context: It is still part of the conspiracy which drove Aeacides out from Epirus.
