Ariston kills an enemy and decapitates him.

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Ariston Origin: Paeonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Victim (Person) :	Origin: Other, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Third Party (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: joking/jesting
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 39.1Plutarch Alexander 39.1 Paste CTS-Link
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	ambition
Original Text :	φύσει δὲ ὢν μεγαλοδωρότατος ἔτι μᾶλλον ἐπέδωκεν εἰς τοῦτο τῶν πραγμάτων αὐξομένων: καὶ προσῆν ἡ φιλοφροσύνη, μεθ᾽ ἧς μόνης ὡς ἀληθῶς οἱ διδόντες χαρίζονται, μνησθήσομαι δὲ ὀλίγων. ἀρίστων ὁ τῶν Παιόνων ἡγούμενος ἀποκτείνας πολέμιον ἄνδρα καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν ἐπιδειξάμενος αὐτῷ, ‘τοῦτο,’ εἶπεν, ‘ὦ βασιλεῦ, παρ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐκπώματος χρυσοῦ τιμᾶται τὸ δῶρον.’
Translation :	Alexander was naturally munificent, and became still more so as his wealth increased. His gifts, too, were accompanied by a kindly spirit, with which alone, to tell the truth, a giver confers a favour. I will mention a few instances. Ariston, the captain of the Paeonians, having slain an enemy, brought his head and showed it to Alexander, saying: ‘In my country, O King, such a gift as this is rewarded with a golden beaker.’
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	victim: It can safely be assumed that the otherwise unknown enemy mentioned here was an adult soldier. thirdperson: Alexander makes a joke about Ariston's statement. This is mentioned in 39.2.
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