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An Indian philosopher in the company of Augustus burns himself.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Origin: Indian, Activity: philosopher, Direct Consequence: death
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Origin: Indian, Activity: philosopher, Direct Consequence: death
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Gaius Iulius Caesar Octavianus Augustus Origin: Roman, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
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    Level :intrapersonal
    Source :Plutarch, Alexander 69.4 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Athenai (Athens)
    Time Periode :Roman Empire
    Century :1 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, τοῦτο πολλοῖς ἔτεσιν ὕστερον ἄλλος Ἰνδὸς ἐν Ἀθήναις Καίσαρι συνὼν ἐποίησε: καὶ δείκνυται μέχρι νῦν τὸ μνημεῖον Ἰνδοῦ προσαγορευόμενον.
     
    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. The same thing was done many years afterwards by another Indian who was in the following of Caesar, at Athens; and the ‘Indian's Tomb’ is shown there to this day.
     
    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: the philosopher committed suicide.
     
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    Created at :2015-07-16 : 08:59:34
    Last changed :2020-10-26 : 08:21:33
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002662
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