So he took possession of a crest of ground which was separated by a deep ravine from the plains about Tamynae, and on this assembled and held together the best fighting men of his force.
Edition :
Plutarch's Lives VIII: Sertorius and Eumenes, Phocion and Cato the Younger, ed. Bernadotte Perrin, Harvard University Press: Cambridge/MA - William Heinemann Ltd.: London 1919 (The Loeb Classical Library 100).
Remark :
titel: The Greek term καταλαμβάνω may suggest a violent act of seizing ground. victim: From Plutarch's account, we do not know if there was a single victim or a group of victims.
Notes :
In 350BC, when Philip II had come into Euboea, Plutarch, the tyrant of Eretria, had called the Athenians for help. Arriving in the area, Phocion found no allies willing to help him in his fight, so he took camp near the city.
