Athenians besiege the Spartans on Sphacteria

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Nicias
Perpetrator (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: stalemate
Victim (Group) :	Spartan Army Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: stalemate
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 7.2Plutarch Nicias 7.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Sphakteria (Sphacteria)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	425 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	political ambition
Long-Term Consequence :	deportation
Original Text :	μέγα μέν, ὥσπερ ἦν, ἡγούμενοι τὸ λαβεῖν αὐτοὺς Ἀθηναῖοι, χαλεπῆς δὲ καὶ δυσέργου τῆς πολιορκίας οὔσης ἐν χωρίοις ἀνύδροις
Translation :	Then the Athenians considered that their capture would be a great achievement, as was true. But the siege was difficult and toilsome, since the region afforded little fresh water.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :	source: The siege and its outcome are elaborated over the following chapters.
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