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Pyrrhus attacks the Spartan defenders on horseback.

Related Conflict :Siege of Sparta
Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
 
Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back
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    Third Party (Group) :
  • Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: confusion
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 29.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Sparta (Sparta)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :272 B.C.
     
    Context :siege
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :ambition
    tactical/strategical
     
    Original Text :κραυγῆς δὲ τῶν κατὰ τοῦτο τεταγμένων γενομένης καὶ δρόμου καὶ ὀλολυγμοῦ τῶν γυναικῶν, ἤδη διεξελαύνοντι τῷ Πύρρῳ καὶ προσκειμένῳ τοῖς κατὰ πρόσωπον ἐξήλατο Κρητικῷ βέλει πληγεὶς ὁ ἵππος ὑπὸ τὴν γαστέρα, καὶ κατέβαλε δυσθανατῶν τὸν Πύρρον εἰς τόπους ὀλισθηροὺς καὶ
     
    Translation :But the men stationed at this point raised a shout, and there was a concourse and shrieking of the women, and just as Pyrrhus was riding through the waggons and attacking the men in front of him, his horse was wounded in the belly by a Cretan javelin and leaped to one side, and in his death agony threw Pyrrhus upon steep and slippery ground.
     
    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: Since Pyrrhus is thrown off his horse, it is rather safe to assume, he was injured.
    thirdperson: Pyrrhus' army is confused because they believe he has fallen. This is mentioned in 29.5.
    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 :2013-08-11 : 02:08:09
    Last changed :2020-12-14 : 08:26:24
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00000580
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