Alexander III besieges Tyre for seven months by sea and land.

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Related Conflict :	Siege of Tyre, 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 Fleet of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Tyrian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat Origin: Tyrian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 24.3Plutarch Alexander 24.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Tyros (Tyre)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	332 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign conquest siege
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Weapon :	siege engines
Long-Term Consequence :	conquest
Original Text :	Τύρον δὲ πολιορκῶν ἑπτὰ μῆνας χώμασι καὶ μηχαναῖς καὶ τριήρεσι διακοσίαις ἐκ θαλάττης, ὄναρ εἶδε τὸν Ἡρακλέα δεξιούμενον αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ τείχους καὶ καλοῦντα. τῶν δὲ Τυρίων πολλοῖς κατὰ τοὺς ὕπνους ἔδοξεν ὁ Ἀπόλλων λέγειν ὡς ἄπεισι πρὸς Ἀλέξανδρον οὐ γὰρ ἀρέσκειν αὐτῷ τὰ πρασσόμενα κατὰ τὴν πόλιν.
Translation :	But Tyre he besieged for seven months, with moles, and engines-of-war, and two hundred triremes by sea. During this siege he had a dream in which he saw Heracles stretching out his hand to him from the wall and calling him. And many of the Tyrians dreamed that Apollo told them he was going away to Alexander, since he was displeased at what was going on in the city.
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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