After this, Phocion expelled Plutarch from Eretria, took possession of Zaretra, a fortress most advantageously situated where the island is reduced to its narrowest width by the sea, which hems it in on both sides, and released all the Greeks whom he had taken prisoners.
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 :
motive: Phocion expelled Plutarch for his cowardice in battle.
Notes :
Plutarch had called Phocion for help against Philip II and his supporters on Euboea, but in battle, Plutarch let Phocion down, which Phocion punished after his victory.
