Alexander III and his army charge against the Greek mercenaries during the Battle at the Granicus.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of the Granicus, Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Army of Memnon Origin: Greek, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 16.7Plutarch Alexander 16.7 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Granikos (Biga Çayı)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	334 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	emotional tactical/strategical
Original Text :	ὁ δὲ θυμῷ μᾶλλον ἢ λογισμῷ πρῶτος ἐμβαλὼν τόν τε ἵππον ἀποβάλλει ξίφει πληγέντα διὰ τῶν πλευρῶν ἦν δὲ ἕτερος, οὐχ ὁ Βουκεφάλας, καὶ τοὺς πλείστους τῶν ἀποθανόντων καὶ τραυματισθέντων ἐκεῖ συνέβη κινδυνεῦσαι καὶ πεσεῖν,' πρός ἀνθρώπους ἀπεγνωκότας καὶ μαχίμους συμπλεκομένους:
Translation :	But he, influenced by anger more than by reason, charged foremost upon them and lost his horse, which was smitten through the ribs with a sword (it was not Bucephalas, but another); and most of the Macedonians who were slain or wounded fought or fell there, since they came to close quarters with men who knew how to fight and were desperate.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
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