Demetrius Poliorcetes is wounded by a catapult bolt during a storm on the walls of Messene.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Messenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
Third Party (Group) :	Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 33.2Plutarch Demetrius 33.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Messene (Messene)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Context :	siege war/military campaign
Motivation :	self-defence tactical/strategical
Application :	shooting
Weapon :	siege engines
Original Text :	καὶ προσμαχόμενος τοῖς τείχεσιν ἐκινδύνευσε, καταπελτικοῦ βέλους εἰς τὸ πρόσωπον αὐτῷ καὶ τὸ στόμα διὰ τῆς σιαγόνος ἐμπεσόντος.
Translation :	Here, in an attack upon the walls, he came near losing his life; for a missile from a catapult struck him in the face and passed through his jaw into his mouth.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	topology: Messene is mentioned earlier in the paragraph.
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