Demetrius kills Alexander V.

---

Perpetrator (Person) :	Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Victim (Person) :	Alexander V Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	interpersonal intrasocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pyrrhus 7.1Plutarch Pyrrhus 7.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Makedonia (Macedonia)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	294 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign regicide conspiracy
Motivation :	political
Long-Term Consequence :	coronation/inauguration
Original Text :	καιρῷ δὲ χρησάμενος καὶ φθάσας ἀποκτίννυσιν ὁ Δημήτριος τὸ μειράκιον, καὶ βασιλεὺς ἀνηγορεύθη Μακεδονίας,
Translation :	But Demetrius, taking advantage of his opportunity, got beforehand with the young prince and slew him, and was proclaimed king of Macedonia.
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 :	date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/demetrius-e314200 original citation: τὸ μειράκιον refers to Alexander, son of Cassander. He is mentioned earlier in the paragraph.
Basket :	Add to basket...
Share/Save :
Created at :	2013-06-26 : 01:59:15
Last changed :	2020-12-03 : 11:31:11
MyCoRe ID :	Antiquity_violence_00000314
Static URL :	https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00000314

---