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Pyrrhus fights valiantly during the Battle of Heraclea.

Related Conflict :Battle of Heraclea 280BC, Pyrrhic War
Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
 
Victim (Group) :
  • Army of Publius Valerius Laevinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Publius Valerius Laevinus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
  • Third Party (Group) :
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 16.7 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Herakleia (Heraclea)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Roman Republic
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :280 B.C.
     
    Context :battle
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :ambition
     
    Original Text :αὐτόθεν τε περίοπτος ὢν ὅπλων κάλλει καὶ λαμπρότητι κεκοσμημένων περιττῶς, καὶ τὴν δόξαν ἐπιδεικνύμενος ἔργοις οὐκ ἀποδέουσαν αὐτοῦ τῆς ἀρετῆς: μάλιστα δὲ ὅτι τὰς χεῖρας καὶ τὸ σῶμα παρέχων τῷ ἀγῶνι καὶ τοὺς καθ᾽ αὑτὸν ἀμυνόμενος ἐρρωμένως οὐ συνεχεῖτο τὸν λογισμὸν οὐδὲ τοῦ φρονεῖν ἐξέπιπτεν ἀλλ᾽ ὥσπερ ἔξωθεν ἐφορῶν διεκυβέρνα τὸν πόλεμον, αὐτὸς μεταθέων ἑκασταχόσε καὶ παραβοηθῶν τοῖς ἐκβιάζεσθαι δοκοῦσιν.
     
    Translation :He was conspicuous at once for the beauty and splendour of his richly ornamented armour, and showed by his deeds that his valour did not belie his fame; and this most of all because, while actively participating in the fight and vigorously repelling his assailants, he did not become confused in his calculations nor lose his presence of mind but directed the battle as if he were surveying it from a distance, darting hither and thither himself and bringing aid to those whom he thought to be overwhelmed.
     
    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/pyrrhus-e1015710
     
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    Created at :2013-07-18 : 07:02:29
    Last changed :2020-12-09 : 02:13:41
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00000426
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