The Syracusans throw stones at the Athenian fleet, thus making it impossible for the Athenians to properly aim their javelins or arrows.

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Syracuse Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory Fleet of Syracuse Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Group) :	Fleet of the Athenians Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: defeat
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 25,2Plutarch Nicias 25,2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	413 B.C.
Context :	naval battle war/military campaign
Motivation :	self-defence tactical/strategical
Application :	throwing down
Weapon :	stone
Original Text :	καὶ βαλλόμενοι λίθοις ὁμοίαν ἔχουσι τὴν πληγὴν πανταχόθεν ἀντέβαλλον ἀκοντίοις καὶ τοξεύμασιν, ὧν ὁ σάλος τὴν εὐθυβολίαν διέστρεφεν, ὥστε μὴ πάντα κατ᾽ αἰχμὴν προσφέρεσθαι.
Translation :	Besides, they were bombarded with stones, whose blow is just as effective however they light; whereas they could only reply with javelins and arrows, whose proper cast was disturbed by the tossing water, so that they did not all fly head on to their mark.
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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