The Athenians are being "butchered" by the Syracusans, until Nicias implores Gylippus to have mercy.

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Related Conflict :	Peloponnesian War
Perpetrator (Person) :	Gylippus Origin: Spartan, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Direct Consequence: victory
Perpetrator (Group) :	Army of Syracuse Origin: Syracusan, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: victory
Victim (Person) :	Nicias Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: commander/general, Reaction: begging for mercy/sueing for peace, Direct Consequence: capture
Victim (Group) :	Athenian army Origin: Attic/Athenian, Age: adult, Activity: soldier, Direct Consequence: death
Level :	intersocial
Source :	Plutarch, Nicias 27,4Plutarch Nicias 27,4 Paste CTS-Link
Location :	Syracuse (Siracusa)
Time Periode :	Classical Greece
Century :	5 B.C.
Year :	413 B.C.
Context :	war/military campaign battle
Motivation :	self-defence tactical/strategical
Long-Term Consequence :	victory
Original Text :	καὶ πλεῖστος ἐνταῦθα μόρος ἦν καὶ ὠμότατος ἐν τῷ ποταμῷ πινόντων ἅμα καὶ σφαττομένων, ἄχρι Νικίας Γυλίππῳ προσπεσὼν εἶπεν:
Translation :	and an exceeding great and savage carnage raged in the river itself, men being butchered as they drank. At last Nicias fell down at the feet of Gylippus
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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