but Thoenon was accused by Pyrrhus of complicity with Sosistratus and put to death. With this, the situation of Pyrrhus was suddenly and entirely changed. A terrible hatred arose against him in the cities, some of which joined the Carthaginians, while others called in the Mamertines.
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 :
topology: Since Thoenon is from Syracuse, it is possible that the execution took place there. But it is not mentioned in the source. date: The execution will have taken place after Pyrrhus' arrival on Sicily in 278 but before his being driven out in 275. motive: Pyrrhus' emotional motive is fear, desribed in more detail in 23.4.
