Lamachus fights against Callicrates during a pursuit, leading to the death of both

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Lamachus Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: flight, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Person) :	Callicrates the horseman Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	interpersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 18.2Plutarch Nicias 18.2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	414 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	death
Original Text :	τῷ δὲ κρατεῖν τῶν Ἀθηναίων ἀτακτότερον φερομένων πρὸς τὰς διώξεις, ἀπομονωθεὶς ὁ Λάμαχος ὑπέστη τῶν Συρακουσίων τοὺς ἱππεῖς ἐπιφερομένους. ἦν δὲ πρῶτος αὐτῶν Καλλικράτης, ἀνὴρ πολεμικὸς καὶ θυμοειδής. πρὸς τοῦτον ἐκ προκλήσεως καταστὰς ὁ Λάμαχος ἐμονομάχησε, καὶ λαβὼν πληγὴν πρότερος, εἶτα δοὺς καὶ πεσὼν ὁμοῦ συναπέθανε τῷ Καλλικράτει.
Translation :	The Athenians prevailed, and hurried off in pursuit with more or less disorder, so that Lamachus was isolated, and then had to face some Syracusan horsemen who made an onset upon him. Foremost of these was Callicrates, a man skilled in war and of a high courage. Lamachus accepted his challenge to single combat, fought him, got a mortal blow from him, but gave him back the like, and fell and died along with him.
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
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