The Messanians execute Hippo in the theatre of Messana.

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Messenian, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed
Victim (Person) :	Hippo, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Person) :	Timoleon Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: doing nothing/standing by
Third Party (Group) :	Origin: Messenian, Age: child
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Timoleon 34.3Plutarch Timoleon 34.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Messana (Messina)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Context :	jurisdictional entertaining
Motivation :	emotional political social
Original Text :	καὶ παραλαβόντες αὐτὸν οἱ Μεσσήνιοι, καὶ τοὺς παῖδας ἐκ τῶν διδασκαλείων ὡς ἐπὶ θέαμα κάλλιστον τὴν τοῦ τυράννου τιμωρίαν ἀγαγόντες εἰς θέατρον, ᾐκίσαντο καὶ διέφθειραν
Translation :	Then the Messanians took him into the theatre, brought their children thither from their schools to behold, as a glorious spectacle, the tyrant's punishment, and put him to torment and death.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :	thirdperson: Although his presence is not explicitly mentioned, it is safe to assume, that Timoleon knew what was happening. motive: The children are present to see the tyrant's torture and death. This can be seen as a social motive and an entertaining context of sorts.
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