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Demetrius Poliorcetes kills Alexander V.

Perpetrator (Person) :
  • Demetrius Poliorcetes Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: victory
 
Victim (Person) :
  • Alexander V Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: monarch/ruler, Direct Consequence: death
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    Level :interpersonal
    Source :Pausanias the Periegete, Description of Greece 9.7.3 Paste CTS-Link
    Time Periode :Hellenistic Greece
    Century :3 B.C.
    Year :294 B.C.
     
    Context :regicide
    war/military campaign
    conspiracy
    Motivation :ambition
    political
     
    Original Text :[3] τῶν δέ οἱ παίδων Φίλιππον μὲν τὸν πρεσβύτατον, ὡς μετ᾽ οὐ πολὺ παρέλαβε τὴν ἀρχήν, ἀπήγαγεν ὑπολαβοῦσα νόσος φθινώδης, Ἀντίπατρος δὲ ὁ μετ᾽ ἐκεῖνον Θεσσαλονίκην τὴν μητέρα ἀποκτίννυσι, Φιλίππου τε οὖσαν τοῦ Ἀμύντου καὶ Νικασιπόλιδος: ἀπέκτεινε δὲ Ἀλεξάνδρῳ νέμειν πλέον εὐνοίας αἰτιασάμενος. ὁ δὲ Ἀλέξανδρος ἦν νεώτατος τῶν Κασσάνδρου παίδων: ἐπαγαγόμενος δὲ Δημήτριον τὸν Ἀντιγόνου καθεῖλε μὲν δι᾽ ἐκείνου καὶ ἐτιμωρήσατο τὸν ἀδελφὸν Ἀντίπατρον, ἀνεφάνη μέντοι φονέα ἐξευρηκὼς ἑαυτῷ καὶ οὐ σύμμαχον.
     
    Translation :[3] Philip, the eldest of his sons, shortly after coming to the throne was seized by a wasting disease which proved fatal. Antipater, the next son, murdered his mother Thessalonice, the daughter of Philip, son of Amyntas, and of Nicasipolis, charging her with being too fond of Alexander, who was the youngest of Cassander's sons. Getting the support of Demetrius, the son of Antigonus, he deposed with his help and punished his brother Antipater. However, it appeared that in Demetrius he found a murderer and not an ally.
     
    Edition :Pausanias. Pausaniae Graeciae Descriptio, 3 vols. Leipzig, Teubner. 1903.
     
    Remark :date: The date is taken from the New Pauly: http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/demetrius-e314200
     
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    Created at :2019-07-23 : 01:36:08
    Last changed :2019-07-23 : 01:36:08
    MyCoRe ID :Antiquity_violence_00004938
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