but a few days afterwards, when word was brought that Tolmides himself was dead after defeat in battle near Coroneia, and that many brave citizens were dead likewise, then it brought Pericles great repute as well as goodwill, for that he was a man of discretion and patriotism.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :
perpetrator: The origin of the perpetrators is known by Plut. Per. 18.2. long-term consequence: After the defeat Pericles who had previously warned Tolmides to make the incursion into Boeotia (Plut. Per. 18.2) enjoyed great reputation and goodwill among the Athenians (Plut. Per. 18.3).
