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Battle of Leuctra: at first evenly matched, but the balance broke.
ὡς δὲ συνῆψαν ἀλλήλοις εἰς χεῖρας, τὸ μὲν πρῶτον ἐκθύμως ἀμφοτέρων ἀγωνιζομένων ἰσόρροπος ἦν ἡ μάχη, μετὰ δὲ ταῦτα τῶν περὶ τὸν Ἐπαμεινώνδαν διά τε τὴν ἀρετὴν…
Location: 15.55.4
More than 4,000 Spartans and about 300 Boeotians fell.
ἔπεσον δʼ ἐν τῇ μάχῃ τῶν Λακεδαιμονίων οὐκ ἐλάττους τῶν τετρακισχιλίων, τῶν δὲ Βοιωτῶν περὶ τριακοσίους.
Location: 15.56.4
The battle of Leuctra, where Epaminondas drew his phalanx obliquely to the left to split the Spartan right wing
ἐν δὲ τῇ μάχῃ τοῦ Ἐπαμεινώνδου τὴν φάλαγγα λοξὴν ἐπὶ τὸ εὐώνυμον ἕλκοντος, ὅπως τῶν ἄλλων Ἑλλήνων ἀπωτάτω γένηται τὸ δεξιὸν τῶν Σπαρτιατῶν καὶ τὸν Κλεόμβροτον…
Location: Plut. Pelopidas 23
Battle of Leuctra: the Theban cavalry first breaks the Lacedaemonian cavalry, and the phalanx fifty shields deep charges; Cleombrotus and about four hundred Spartans fall, nearly a thousand dead in all.
Location: 6.4.12–6.4.15
A and B are two of the sources listed above.
| On what point | Source A | Source B | What differs (in Korean) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Numbers | Diodorus Siculus, Library of History | Plutarch's Parallel Lives | a 스파르타 4000+·보이오티아 약 300 / b 수 없음 |
Place: Leuctra
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