Darius III beats himself out of grief after hearing of his wife's death.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Darius III Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Victim (Person) :	Darius III Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler
Third Party (Person) :	Teireos, Age: adult, Activity: slave/servant
Level :	intrapersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 30.2Plutarch Alexander 30.2 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	331 B.C.
Context :	civilian
Motivation :	emotional
Application :	beating
Weapon :	bare hands/no weapons
Original Text :	ὡς δὲ πληξάμενος τὴν κεφαλὴν καὶ ἀνακλαύσας ‘φεῦ τοῦ Περσῶν’ ἔφη ‘δαίμονος, εἰ τὴν βασιλέως γυναῖκα καὶ ἀδελφὴν οὐ μόνον αἰχμάλωτον γενέσθαι ζῶσαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τελευτήσασαν ἄμοιρον κεῖσθαι ταφῆς βασιλικῆς’ ὑπολαβὼν ὁ θαλαμηπόλος, ‘ἀλλὰ ταφῆς γε χάριν’ εἶπεν, ‘ὦ βασιλεῦ, καὶ τιμῆς ἁπάσης καὶ τοῦ πρέποντος οὐδὲν ἔχεις αἰτιάσασθαι τὸν πονηρὸν δαίμονα Περσῶν. ’
Translation :	Then the king, beating upon his head and bursting into lamentation, said: ‘Alas for the evil genius of the Persians, if the sister and wife of their king must not only become a captive in her life, but also in her death be deprived of royal burial.’ ‘Nay, O King,’ answered the chamberlain, ‘as regards her burial, and her receiving every fitting honour, thou hast no charge to make against the evil genius of the Persians. ’
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	english citation: The "chamberlain" is Teireos, a eunuch who brought Darius the message. His presence is mentioned in 30.1.
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