Alcibiades is seized by Tissaphernes and imprisoned in Sardis

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Tissaphernes Origin: Persian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: capture
Victim (Person) :	Alcibiades Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: imprisonment
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Xenophon of Athens, Hellenica 1.1.9Xenophon of Athens Hellenica 1.1.9 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Sardis (Sart)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	411 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign civilian
Motivation :	following orders political tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα Τισσαφέρνης ἦλθεν εἰς Ἑλλήσποντον: ἀφικόμενον δὲ παρ᾽ αὐτὸν μιᾷ τριήρει Ἀλκιβιάδην ξένιά τε καὶ δῶρα ἄγοντα συλλαβὼν εἶρξεν ἐν Σάρδεσι, φάσκων κελεύειν βασιλέα πολεμεῖν Ἀθηναίοις.
Translation :	After this Tissaphernes came to the Hellespont; and when Alcibiades with a single trireme went to visit him, bearing friendly offerings and gifts, Tissaphernes seized him and imprisoned him in Sardis, saying that the King ordered him to make war upon the Athenians.
Edition :	Xenophon. Xenophontis opera omnia, vol. 1. Oxford, Clarendon Press. 1900 (repr. 1968).
Remark :	longtermconsequence: After thirty days Alcibiades escapes from Sardis to Clazomenae(Xen. Hell. 1.1.10.).
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