Pyrrhus scatters the defenders of Eryx with missiles.

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Related Conflict :	Pyrrhic War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: attack
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Phoenician, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: retreat, Direct Consequence: losses
Third Party (Group) :	Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Pyrrhus 22.5Plutarch Pyrrhus 22.5 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Eryx (Erice)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece Roman Republic
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	278 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	political tactical/strategical
Application :	throwing weapon shooting
Weapon :	javelin bow
Long-Term Consequence :	victory
Original Text :	τῇ δὲ σάλπιγγι σημήνας καὶ τοῖς βέλεσι τοὺς βαρβάρους ἀνασκεδάσας καὶ τὰς κλίμακας προσαγαγών πρῶτος ἐπέβη τοῦ τείχους:
Translation :	then he ordered the trumpets to sound, scattered the Barbarians with his missiles, brought up his scaling-ladders, and was the first to mount the wall.
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 :	long-term consequence: Pyrrhus takes the fortress, this is mentioned in 22.6.
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