Object Metadata
Cassander besieges Athens

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Cassander Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Cassander Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Reaction: calling for help
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Demetrius Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: help
  • Third Party (Group) :
  • Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: help
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Demetrius 23.1 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Athenai (Athens)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
     
    Context :military
    war/military campaign
    siege
    Motivation :political
    tactical/strategical
    Long-Term Consequence :other
     
    Original Text :ἐκάλουν δὲ τὸν Δημήτριον οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι Κασάνδρου τὸ ἄστυ πολιορκοῦντος. ὁ δὲ ναυσὶν ἐπιπλεύσας τριακοσίαις τριάκοντα καὶ πολλοῖς ὁπλίταις, οὐ μόνον ἐξήλασε τῆς Ἀττικῆς τὸν Κάσανδρον, ἀλλὰ καὶ φεύγοντα μέχρι Θερμοπυλῶν διώξας καὶ τρεψάμενος, Ἡράκλειαν ἔλαβεν, ἑκουσίως αὐτῷ προσθεμένην, καὶ τῶν Μακεδόνων ἑξακισχιλίους μεταβαλομένους πρὸς αὐτόν.
     
    Translation :And now the Athenians called upon Demetrius because Cassander was besieging their city. So Demetrius sailed to their help with three hundred and thirty ships and a great number of men-at-arms, and not only drove Cassander out of Attica, but actually pursued him in his headlong flight as far as Thermopylae, and then took Heracleia, which joined him of its own accord, and six thousand Macedonians, who also came over to him.
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
     
    Remark :long-term consequence: Demetrius drives Cassander out of Attica and puts him to flight.
     
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    Created at :2014-01-23 : 10:52:46
    Last changed :2021-01-06 : 12:28:45
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00001440
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