The Boeotians defend Epipolae but Demosthenes and the Athenians repulse and slay them.

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Boeotia Origin: Boeotian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
Victim (Person) :	Demosthenes (strategos) Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: fight back, Direct Consequence: victory
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
Long-Term Consequence :	other
Original Text :	Βοιωτοῖς ἐνέτυχε. πρῶτοι γὰρ οὗτοι συστρέψαντες ἑαυτοὺς καὶ συνδραμόντες εἰς τοὺς Ἀθηναίους ἐναντίοις τοῖς δόρασι μετὰ βοῆς ἐώσαντο καὶ πολλοὺς αὐτοῦ κατέβαλον.
Translation :	until he fell in with the Boeotians. These were the first of the enemy to form in battle array, and dashing upon the Athenians with spears at rest and with loud shouts, they repulsed them and slew many of them there.
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 of the Athenians
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