Tolmides is killed in the battle of Coronea

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Related Conflict :	Battle of Coronea 447BC
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Boeotian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Tolmides Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: death
Third Party (Group) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pericles 18.3Plutarch Pericles 18.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Koroneia (Coronea)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	447 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	following orders self-defence
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	τότε μὲν οὖν μετρίως εὐδοκίμησε τοῦτ᾽ εἰπών: ὀλίγαις δ᾽ ὕστερον ἡμέραις, ὡς ἀνηγγέλθη τεθνεὼς μὲν αὐτὸς Τολμίδης περὶ Κορώνειαν ἡττηθεὶς μάχῃ, τεθνεῶτες δὲ πολλοὶ κἀγαθοὶ τῶν πολιτῶν, μεγάλην τοῦτο τῷ Περικλεῖ μετ᾽ εὐνοίας δόξαν ἤνεγκεν, ὡς ἀνδρὶ φρονίμῳ καὶ φιλοπολίτῃ.
Translation :	but a few days afterwards, when word was brought that Tolmides himself was dead after defeat in battle near Coroneia,1 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: The Athenians lost the battle of Coronea.
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