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Calanus burns himself on a funeral pyre.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Calanus Origin: Indian, Age: old, Activity: philosopher, Direct Consequence: death
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Calanus Origin: Indian, Age: old, Activity: philosopher, Direct Consequence: death
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
  • Third Party (Group) :
  • Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Level :intrapersonal
    Source :Plutarch, Alexander 69.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Persia (Persia)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
    Year :324 B.C.
     
    Context :religious
    Motivation :religious
    Application :burning
     
    Original Text :ταῦτα δ᾽ εἰπών κατακλιθεὶς καὶ συγκαλυψάμενος οὐκ ἐκινήθη τοῦ πυρὸς πλησιάζοντος, ἀλλ᾽ ἐν ᾧ κατεκλίθη σχήματι, τοῦτο διατηρῶν ἐκαλλιέρησεν ἑαυτὸν τῷ πατρίῳ νόμῳ τῶν ἐκεῖ σοφιστῶν
     
    Translation :After thus speaking, he lay down and covered his head, nor did he move as the fire approached him, but continued to lie in the same posture as at first, and so sacrificed himself acceptably, as the wise men of his country had done from of old.
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
     
    Remark :titel: Calanus commits suicide.
     
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    Created at :2015-07-16 : 08:37:48
    Last changed :2020-10-26 : 08:17:36
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002660
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