The imprisoned Phidias dies of poison

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Perpetrator (Group) :	Enemies of Pericles Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: mixed
Victim (Person) :	Phidias Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: prisoner, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pericles 31.5Plutarch Pericles 31.5 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Athenai (Athens)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Context :	civilian
Motivation :	political tactical/strategical
Application :	poisoning
Weapon :	poison
Original Text :	ὁ μὲν οὖν Φειδίας εἰς τὸ δεσμωτήριον ἀπαχθεὶς ἐτελεύτησε νοσήσας, ὡς δέ φασιν ἔνιοι, φαρμάκοις, ἐπὶ διαβολῇ τοῦ Περικλέους τῶν ἐχθρῶν παρασκευασάντων.
Translation :	Pheidias, accordingly, was led away to prison, and died there of sickness; but some say of poison which the enemies of Pericles provided, that they might bring calumny upon him.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Notes :	Plutarchs mentions this act of violence as an alternative version of Phidias' death. Otherwise Phidias may have died of sickness (Plut. Per. 31.5).
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