Father and son fight over a dead mouse during a famine in Athens.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: youth
Victim (Person) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: youth
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 34.2Plutarch Demetrius 34.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Athenai (Athens)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Context :	civilian war/military campaign
Motivation :	unknown
Weapon :	bare hands/no weapons
Original Text :	πατέρα καὶ υἱὸν ἐν οἰκήματι καθέζεσθαι τὰ καθ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς ἀπεγνωκότας, ἐκ δὲ τῆς ὀροφῆς μῦν νεκρὸν ἐκπεσεῖν, τοὺς δέ, ὡς εἶδον, ἀναπηδήσαντας ἀμφοτέρους διαμάχεσθαι περὶ αὐτοῦ.
Translation :	A father and a son were sitting in a room and had abandoned all hope. Then a dead mouse fell from the ceiling, and the two, when they saw it, sprang up and fought with one another for it.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	perpetrator: Perpetrator and victim are the same, because Plutarch does not mention who won the fight.
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Last changed :	2021-01-07 : 11:36:12
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