Demosthenes victoriously attacks Epipolae at night and slays his enemies.

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Demosthenes (strategos) Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Army of Syracuse Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 21,5Plutarch Nicias 21,5 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Epipolae, Epipolai (Plateau of Epipolae)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	413 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	tactical/strategical political
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	οὕτω δὴ τὴν πεζὴν στρατιὰν ἀναλαβὼν ὁ Δημοσθένης νυκτὸς ἐπεχείρει ταῖς Ἐπιπολαῖς: καὶ τοὺς μὲν φθάσας πρὶν αἰσθέσθαι τῶν πολεμίων ἀπέκτεινε, τοὺς δ᾽ ἀμυνομένους ἐτρέψατο. καὶ κρατῶν οὐκ ἔμενεν, ἀλλ᾽ ἐχώρει προσωτέρω
Translation :	Therefore, Demosthenes, with the infantry, made a night attack upon Epipolae. He took some of the enemy by surprise, and slew them; others, who tried to make a stand, he routed. Victorious, he did not halt, but pressed on farther
Edition :	Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1916. 3.
Remark :	long-term consequence: defeat
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