Object Metadata
Demetrius is defeated in Syria.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Seleucus I Nicator Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Seleucus I Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
  •  
    Victim (Person) :
  • Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: defeat
  • Victim (Group) :
  • Army of Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
  •  
     
    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Pyrrhus 12.5 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Syria (Syria)
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
    Year :286 B.C.
     
    Context :battle
    war/military campaign
    Motivation :political
    Long-Term Consequence :death
     
    Original Text :τέλος δὲ Δημητρίου καταπολεμηθέντος ἐν Συρίᾳ Λυσίμαχος ἐπ᾽ ἀδείας γενόμενος καὶ σχολάζων εὐθὺς ἐπὶ τὸν Πύρρον ὥρμησε.
     
    Translation :But at last, after Demetrius had been wholly overthrown in Syria, Lysimachus, who now felt himself secure, and had nothing on his hands, at once set out against Pyrrhus.
     
    Edition :Plutarch Lives IX: Demetrius and Antony, Pyrrhus and Caius Marius, Ed. Jeffrey Henderson, trans. Bernadotte Perrin (The Loeb Classical Library 101), Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - London 1968 (first ed. 1920).
     
    Remark :long-term consequence: Demetrius is imprisoned and dies circa three years later.
     
    Basket :Add to basket...
    Share/Save :Share/Save
     
    Created at :2016-04-21 : 12:32:51
    Last changed :2020-12-08 : 08:47:32
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00003597
    Static URL :https://ml-s-eris.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/receive/Antiquity_violence_00003597