Hicetas besieges Dionysius II in Syracuse.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Hicetas Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Hicetas Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary
Victim (Person) :	Dionysius II Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: fight back
Victim (Group) :	Army of Dionysius II Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Reaction: fight back
Third Party (Group) :	Origin: Other, Age: mixed
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Timoleon 9.2Plutarch Timoleon 9.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign siege
Motivation :	ambition following orders political
Original Text :	ὁ γὰρ Ἱκέτης μάχῃ νενικηκὼς Διονύσιον καὶ τὰ πλεῖστα μέρη τῶν Συρακουσῶν κατειληφώς ἐκεῖνον μὲν εἰς τὴν ἀκρόπολιν καὶ τὴν καλουμένην Νῆσον συνεσταλμένον αὐτὸς συνεπολιόρκει καὶ συμπεριετείχιζε,
Translation :	For Hicetas, after defeating Dionysius in battle and occupying most of the outlying portions of Syracuse, had shut the tyrant up in the acropolis and what was called The Island, where he was himself helping to besiege and wall him in,
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
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