Teireos, a eunuch in service of Darius III, is captured at Issus.

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Issus 333BC, Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Teireos Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: slave/servant, Direct Consequence: capture Sisygambis Origin: Persian, Age: old, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: capture Stateira Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: capture Stateira Origin: Persian, Age: youth, Direct Consequence: capture Drypetis Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Direct Consequence: capture
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 30.1Plutarch Alexander 30.1 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Issos (Yeşil Hüyük)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	333 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	following orders political
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	τῶν δὲ θαλαμηπόλων τις εὐνούχων, οἳ συνεαλώκεισαν ταῖς γυναιξίν, ἀποδρὰς ἐκ τοῦ στρατοπέδου καὶ πρὸς Δαρεῖον ἀφιππασάμενος, Τείρεως ὄνομα, φράζει τὸν θάνατον αὐτῷ τῆς γυναικός.
Translation :	One of the eunuchs of the bed-chamber who had been captured with the women, Teireos by name, ran away from the camp, made his way on horseback to Dareius, and told him of the death of his wife.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	long-term consequence: Stateira dies shortly after in childbirth. This could be a consequence of her capture.
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Last changed :	2020-12-02 : 08:31:47
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