Pericles besieges the sacred Epidaurus

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Related Conflict :	Archidamian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Pericles Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: defeat
Perpetrator (Group) :	Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Group) :	Origin: Other, Age: mixed, Activity: mixed, Direct Consequence: victory
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Pericles 35.3Plutarch Pericles 35.3 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Epidauros (Epidaurus)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Context :	military war/military campaign siege
Motivation :	political social
Long-Term Consequence :	issuing of law/decrees
Original Text :	ἐκπλεύσας δ᾽ οὖν ὁ Περικλῆς οὔτ᾽ ἄλλο τι δοκεῖ τῆς παρασκευῆς ἄξιον δρᾶσαι, πολιορκήσας τε τὴν ἱερὰν Ἐπίδαυρον ἐλπίδα παρασχοῦσαν ὡς ἁλωσομένην ἀπέτυχε διὰ τὴν νόσον.
Translation :	Well, then, on sailing forth, Pericles seems to have accomplished nothing worthy of his preparations, but after laying siege to sacred Epidaurus, which awakened a hope that it might he captured, he had no such good fortune, because of the plague.
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 siege fails because of the plague which is spreading among the Athenians (Plut. Per. 35.3). victim: The victims are Epidaurian. motive: See Plut. Per. 34.4 and 35.1. long-term consequence: Because of the failed siege the Athenians stripped Pericles of his command and punished him with a fine (Plut. Per. 35.4).
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