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Many skirmishes are fought in Syracuse between the defenders of the acropolis and their besiegers.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Hicetas Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
  • Mago Origin: Carthaginian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Hicetas Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary
  • Army of Mago Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary
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    Victim (Person) :
  • Eucleides Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: fight back
  • Neon Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: fight back
  • Telemachus Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: fight back
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back
  • Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Activity: mercenary, Reaction: fight back
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Timoleon 17.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Syracuse (Siracusa)
    Time Periode :Classical Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    siege
    Motivation :following orders
    political
     
    Original Text :οἱ δὲ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν τῶν Κορινθίων κατέχοντες ἐπισφαλῶς καὶ χαλεπῶς ἀπήλλαττον, τροφῆς μὲν ἱκανῆς οὐκέτι παρούσης, ἀλλ᾽ ἐνδεόμενοι διὰ τὸ φρουρεῖσθαι τοὺς λιμένας, ἀεὶ δὲ ἐν ἀγῶσι καὶ μάχαις περὶ τὰ τείχη καὶ πρὸς πᾶν μηχάνημα καὶ πρὸς πᾶσαν ἰδέαν πολιορκίας μερίζοντες αὑτούς.
     
    Translation :But those of the Corinthians who held the acropolis were beset with difficulty and danger; for they no longer had sufficient food, but suffered lack because the harbours were blockaded; and they were forever dividing up their forces in skirmishes and battles around the walls, and in repelling all sorts of engines and every species of siege warfare.
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
     
    Remark :victim: Neon's presence is mentioned in 18.2, the presence of Eucleides and Telemachus in 13.2. Although the text has "Corinthians", the troops consisted also of mercenaries handed over by Dionysius II. This is mentioned in 13.2.
     
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    Created at :2015-02-11 : 02:12:29
    Last changed :2016-03-02 : 08:17:39
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002340
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