Alexander is wounded in the shoulder at Gaza.

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Related Conflict :	Siege of Gaza, Wars of Alexander The Great
Victim (Person) :	Alexander III the Great Origin: Macedonian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: injury
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Alexander 25.4Plutarch Alexander 25.4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Gazza (Gaza)
Time Periode :	Hellenistic Greece
Century :	4 B.C.
Year :	332 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle siege
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Original Text :	καὶ τὸ σημεῖον ἀπέβη κατὰ τὴν Ἀριστάνδρου πρόρρησιν ἐτρώθη μὲν γὰρ Ἀλέξανδρος εἰς τὸν ὦμον, ἔλαβε δὲ τὴν πόλιν.
Translation :	And the omen was fulfilled as Aristander predicted; for though Alexander was wounded in the shoulder, he took the city.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :	perpetrator: The perpetrator is not named by Plutarch.
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Last changed :	2020-11-30 : 10:15:05
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