Pyrrhus avenges his son by killing Spartan soldiers.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Evalcus Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Army of Areus Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: losses
Third Party (Group) :	Pyrrhus' Molossian horsemen Origin: Molossian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pyrrhus 31.1.Plutarch Pyrrhus 31.1. Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Peloponnesos (Peloponnese)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Year :	272 B.C.
Context :	battle single combat war/military campaign
Motivation :	emotional
Original Text :	ὁ δὲ Πύρρος ὥσπερ ἐναγισμόν τινα τῷ παιδὶ τελέσας καὶ λαμπρὸν ἐπιτάφιον ἀγωνισάμενος, καὶ πολὺ τῆς λύπης ἐν τῷ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους ἀφεὶς θυμῷ, προῆγεν ἐπὶ τὸ Ἄργος
Translation :	So Pyrrhus, after accomplishing as it were an expiation for his son and celebrating his obsequies with a brilliant contest, having also vented much of his grief in his fury against the enemy, led his army on towards Argos.
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 :	thirdperson: Pyrrhus attacked Evalcus and his men together with his Molossian horsemen. This is mentioned in 30.5. date: The date is taken from the New Pauly. http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/pyrrhus-e1015710
Notes :	The actual acts of violence are described in 30.5 and 30.6. Details are taken from there.
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