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Naval battle at Corcyra

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Cimon Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general
Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
  • Origin: Other, Age: adult, Activity: soldier
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Corinthian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: anger
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Pericles 29.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Korkyra (Corfu)
    Time Periode :Classical Greece
    Century :5 B.C.
     
    Context :military
    war/military campaign
    naval battle
    Motivation :political
    Long-Term Consequence :sending of envoys
     
    Original Text :κακῶς οὖν ὁ Περικλῆς ἀκούων διὰ τὰς δέκα ταύτας τριήρεις, ὡς μικρὰν μὲν βοήθειαν τοῖς δεηθεῖσι, μεγάλην δὲ πρόφασιν τοῖς ἐγκαλοῦσι παρεσχηκώς, ἑτέρας αὖθις ἔστειλε πλείονας εἰς τὴν Κέρκυραν, αἳ μετὰ τὴν μάχην ἀφίκοντο.
     
    Translation :Accordingly, being harshly criticized because of these paltry ten ships on the ground that he had furnished scanty aid and succour to the needy friends of Athens, but a great pretext for war to her accusing enemies, he afterwards sent out other ships, and more of them, to Corcyra,—the ones which got there after the battle.
     
    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 second group of perpetrators is Corcyraean.
    long-term consequence: See Plut. Per. 29.4: "The Corinthians were incensed at this procedure, and denounced the Athenians at Sparta [...]"
     
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    Created at :2019-07-04 : 05:41:34
    Last changed :2019-07-07 : 03:06:56
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00004789
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