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Phocion's army defeats most of the Euboean supporters of Philip II.

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Perpetrator (Group) :
  • Army of Phocion Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
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    Victim (Group) :
  • Origin: Euboean, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
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    Level :intersocial
    Source :Plutarch, Phocion 13.2 Paste CTS-Link
    Location :Tamynai (Tamynae)
    Time Periode :Classical Greece
    Century :4 B.C.
    Year :350 B.C.
     
    Context :military
    Motivation :tactical/strategical
     
    Original Text :ἐν τούτῳ δὲ τῶν ἱερῶν γενομένων, τοὺς μὲν εὐθὺς ἐκ τοῦ στρατοπέδου προσπεσόντες οἱ Ἀθηναῖοι τρέπουσι καὶ καταβάλλουσι τοὺς πλείστους περὶ τοῖς ἐρύμασι φεύγοντας, ὁ δὲ Φωκίων τὴν μὲν φάλαγγα προσέταξεν ἐφεδρεύειν ἀναλαμβάνουσαν ἅμα καὶ προσδεχομένην τοὺς ἐν τῇ φυγῇ πρότερον διασπαρέντας, αὐτὸς δὲ τοὺς ἐπιλέκτους ἔχων ἐνέβαλε τοῖς πολεμίοις.
     
    Translation :But at this point the sacrifices were completed, and the Athenians, bursting out of their camp, routed their assailants and slew most of them as they fled among the entrenchments. Then Phocion ordered his phalanx to halt for the reception and support of the troops which had been scattered in the previous flight, while he himself with his picked men fell upon the main body of the enemy.
     
    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).
     
    Notes :Because Philip II was gaining power in Euboea, Plutarch the Eretrian called Phocion for help against his supporters; in this battle, Plutarch's army of mercenaries attacks too soon and Phocion's cavalry, impatient, joins in in disorderly fashion. After he wins the battle, Phocion expels Plutarch for his cowardice.
     
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    Created at :2020-08-31 : 08:41:34
    Last changed :2021-01-15 : 08:52:07
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