Messene (183 BC) — the same event in Plutarch's Parallel Lives and Polybius

Plutarch's Parallel Lives: Philopoemen, nearly eighty, is captured while heading into Messenian territory; Plutarch's Parallel Lives: At night…

What each source says

Plutarch's Parallel Lives · 183 BC · Messene

Philopoemen, nearly eighty, is captured while heading into Messenian territory

μεθʼ ἡμέρας δὲ ὀλίγας Δεινοκράτης Μεσσήνιος, ἄνθρωπος ἰδίᾳ τε τῷ Φιλοποίμενι προσκεκρουκώς καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις ἐπαχθὴς διὰ πονηρίαν καὶ ἀκολασίαν, τήν τε Μεσσήνην…
Location: Plut. Philopoemen 18

Plutarch's Parallel Lives · 183 BC · Messene

At night Deinocrates has Philopoemen drink poison in prison

ὁ δὲ Δεινοκράτης μάλιστα τὸν χρόνον ὡς σωτήριον τῷ Φιλοποίμενι δεδοικώς καὶ φθάσαι τὰ παρὰ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν βουλόμενος, ἐπεὶ νὺξ ἐπῆλθε καὶ τὸ πλῆθος ἀπεχώρησε τῶν…
Location: Plut. Philopoemen 20

Polybius, Histories · 183 BC · Messene

Philopoemen meets his end at Messene

— ὅτι Φιλοποίμην ὁ τῶν Ἀχαιῶν στρατηγὸς συλληφθεὶς ὑπὸ Μεσσηνίων ἀνῃρέθη φαρμάκῳ, ἀνὴρ γενόμενος οὐδενὸς τῶν πρὸ τοῦ κατʼ ἀρετὴν δεύτερος, τῆς τύχης μέντοι γʼ…
Location: 23.12

Where the sources differ

A and B are two of the sources listed above.

On what pointSource ASource BWhat differs (in Korean)
PlacePlutarch's Parallel LivesPolybius, Historiesa는 메세네 땅으로 가는 길에 붙잡힘, b는 메세네에서 최후

Place: Ithome

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