when in her alone of Greek cities they saw the most conspicuous temples, not adorned with Greek spoils, nor possessed of joyless memorials in the shape of votive offerings from the slaughter of kinsmen and fellow citizens, but decked with barbarian spoils which set forth in fairest inscriptions the justice as well as the valour of the victors, declaring that Corinthians and Timoleon their general set the Greeks dwelling in Sicily free from Carthaginians, and thus dedicated thank-offerings to the gods.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1918. 6.
Remark :
victim: The victims represent the two armies sent by the Carthaginians to defeat Timoleon. thirdperson: It is rather safe to assume that the Sicilians were happy to be freed from the Carthaginians. longtermconsequence: Mago commits suicide after his retreat. This is mentioned in 22.5.
Notes :
The long-term consequence "sacrifice" needs to be added.
