An unknown man leaps upon the altar of the Twelve Gods and mutilates himself

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Perpetrator (Person) :	Origin: Other, Age: adult, Activity: unknown, Direct Consequence: mutilation
Victim (Person) :	Origin: Other, Age: adult, Activity: unknown, Direct Consequence: mutilation
Level :	intrapersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 13.2Plutarch Nicias 13.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Athenai (Athens)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	political
Application :	other
Weapon :	stone
Long-Term Consequence :	mutilation
Original Text :	καὶ τὸ πραχθὲν περὶ τὸν βωμὸν τῶν δώδεκα θεῶν. ἄνθρωπος γάρ τις ἐξαίφνης ἀναπηδήσας ἐπ᾽ αὐτόν, εἶτα περιβὰς ἀπέκοψεν αὑτοῦ λίθω τὸ αἰδοῖον.
Translation :	Then there was the a affair of the altar of the Twelve Gods. An unknown man leaped upon it all of a sudden, bestrode it, and then mutilated himself with a stone.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Notes :	According to Plutarch this is one of various bad omens for the Sicilian Expedition.
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