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Alexander takes an arrow to the knee.

Related Conflict :Wars of Alexander The Great
 
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 45.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Parthia (Parthia)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
    Year :330 B.C.
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    battle
    Motivation :unknown
    Application :shooting
    Weapon :bow
     
    Original Text :ὅς γε πρὸς ἅπασι τοῖς ἄλλοις ἔναγχος τόξευμα μὲν εἰς τήν κνήμην λαβών, ὑφ᾽ οὗ τὸ τῆς κερκίδος ὁστέον ἀποθραυσθὲν ἐξέπεσε
     
    Translation :For, in addition to all his other hardships, he had recently been shot by an arrow in the leg below the knee, so that splinters of the larger bone came out;
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
     
     
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    Created at :2015-07-03 : 12:16:56
    Last changed :2020-12-02 : 08:14:10
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002594
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