Pyrrhus defeats Pantauchus in single combat.

---

Perpetrator (Person) :	Pyrrhus Origin: Epirotan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
Victim (Person) :	Pantauchus Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: injury
Third Party (Group) :	Army of Pantauchus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier Army of Pyrrhus Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Demetrius 41.2Plutarch Demetrius 41.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Aetolia (Aitolia)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	3 B.C.
Context :	battle single combat war/military campaign
Motivation :	ambition self-defence tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	victory
Original Text :	ὁ δὲ Πανταύχῳ περιπεσὼν καὶ μάχην συνάψας αὐτὸν μὲν ἄχρι τοῦ δοῦναι καὶ λαβεῖν πληγὴν ἐν χερσὶ γενόμενον ἐτρέψατο, τῶν δὲ ἄλλων πολλοὺς μὲν ἀπέκτεινεν, ἐζώγρησε δὲ πεντακισχιλίους.
Translation :	but Pyrrhus fell upon Pantauchus, and after a battle in which the two commanders came to close quarters and wounded each other, routed him, took five thousand of his men prisoners, and slew many of the rest.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1920. 9.
Remark :	titel: ὁ δὲ refers to Pyrrhus, last mentioned in 41.1.
Basket :	Add to basket...
Share/Save :
Created at :	2013-06-27 : 04:44:46
Last changed :	2021-01-11 : 10:51:47
MyCoRe ID :	Antiquity_violence_00001809
Static URL :	https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00001809

---