Demosthenes unsuccessfully tries to kill himself as he is being captured by the Syracusans.

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Demosthenes (strategos) Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: capture
Victim (Person) :	Demosthenes (strategos) Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: capture
Third Party (Group) :	Army of Syracuse Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Reaction: interference
Level :	intrapersonal
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 27,2Plutarch Nicias 27,2 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	413 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign
Motivation :	tactical/strategical
Weapon :	sword
Long-Term Consequence :	capture
Original Text :	αὐτὸς δὲ Δημοσθένης σπασάμενος τὸ ξίφος ἔπληξε μὲν ἑαυτόν, οὐ μὴν ἀπέθανε, ταχὺ τῶν πολεμίων περισχόντων καὶ συλλαβόντων αὐτόν.
Translation :	Demosthenes himself drew his sword and gave himself a thrust; he did not, however, succeed in killing himself since the enemy quickly closed in upon him and seized 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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