Object Metadata
Alexander is hit by an arrow.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Origin: Other, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Plutarch, Alexander 28.2 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
     
    Context :military
    Motivation :unknown
    Application :shooting
    Weapon :bow
     
    Original Text :ὕστερον δὲ πληγῇ περιπεσὼν ὑπὸ τοξεύματος καὶ περιαλγὴς
     
    Translation :At a later time, however, when he had been hit by an arrow and was suffering great pain
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
     
    Remark :perpetrator: That the perpetrator was an adult soldier is only an assumption.
    Notes :Since there are no specifications given here, motive and general context remain obscure.
     
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    Created at :2015-01-12 : 04:02:15
    Last changed :2020-12-02 : 08:10:15
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002097
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