Alexander puts Ephialtes and Cissus in fetters for accusing Harpalos.

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Related Conflict :	Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Victim (Person) :	Ephialtes, Age: adult, Direct Consequence: imprisonment Cissus, Age: adult, Direct Consequence: imprisonment
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 41.4Plutarch Alexander 41.4 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Context :	unknown
Motivation :	emotional
Original Text :	τοὺς δὲ πρώτους τὴν Ἁρπάλου φυγὴν καὶ ἀπόδρασιν ἀπαγγείλαντας ἔδησεν, Ἐφιάλτην καὶ Κίσσον, ὡς καταψευδομένους τοῦ ἀνδρός,
Translation :	Those who first brought word to him that Harpalus had absconded, namely, Ephialtes and Cissus, he put in fetters, on the ground that they were falsely accusing the man.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	victim: All details about the two victims remain obscure and unknown. motive: The motive is emotional, because Alexander was probably angry about the accusation against a trusted attendant.
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Last changed :	2020-11-30 : 09:16:05
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