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Hephaestion and Craterus attack each other with swords during the expedition to India.

Related Conflict :Wars of Alexander The Great
Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Hephaestion Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
  • Craterus Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Craterus Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
  • Hephaestion Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
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    Third Party (Person) :
  • Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Reaction: interference
  • Third Party (Group) :
  • Origin: Mixed, Age: adult, Reaction: help
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Plutarch, Alexander 47.6 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :India (India)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
     
    Context :war/military campaign
    single combat
    Motivation :emotional
    Application :beating
    Weapon :sword
     
    Original Text :διὸ καὶ πρὸς ἀλλήλους ὑπούλως ἔχοντες συνέκρουον πολλάκις, ἅπαξ δὲ περὶ τὴν Ἰνδικὴν καὶ εἰς χεῖρας ἦλθον σπασάμενοι τὰ ξίφη, καὶ τῶν φίλων ἑκατέρῳ παραβοηθούντων προσελάσας Ἀλέξανδρος ἐλοιδόρει τὸν Ἡφαιστίωνα φανερῶς, ἔμπληκτον καλῶν καὶ μαινόμενον, εἰ μὴ συνίησιν ὡς, ἐάν τις αὐτοῦ τὸν Ἀλέξανδρον ἀφέληται, μηδέν ἐστιν ἰδίᾳ δὲ καὶ τοῦ Κρατεροῦ πικρῶς καθήψατο.
     
    Translation :For this reason, too, the men cherished a secret grudge against one another and often came into open collision. And once, on the Indian expedition, they actually drew their swords and closed with one another, and as the friends of each were coming to his aid, Alexander rode up and abused Hephaestion publicly, calling him a fool and a madman for not knowing that without Alexander's favour he was nothing; and in private he also sharply reproved Craterus.
     
    Edition :Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
     
     
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    Created at :2015-10-22 : 09:47:39
    Last changed :2020-11-30 : 09:40:22
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00002880
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