Plutarch's Parallel Lives: Exiles disguised as farmers infiltrate Thebes; Xenophon: Melon, an exile from Thebes, conspires with Philidas, returns…
Exiles disguised as farmers infiltrate Thebes
οἱ δὲ περὶ τὸν Πελοπίδαν ἐσθῆτας γεωργῶν μεταλαβόντες καὶ διελόντες αὑτοὺς ἄλλοι κατʼ ἄλλα μέρη τῆς πόλεως παρεισῆλθον ἔτι ἡμέρας οὔσης.
Location: Plut. Pelopidas 9
Melon, an exile from Thebes, conspires with Philidas, returns from Athens, and murders the polemarchs Archias and others at a banquet.
τούτῳ δʼ ἀφιγμένῳ Ἀθήναζε κατὰ πρᾶξίν τινα καὶ πρόσθεν γνώριμος ὢν Μέλων τῶν Ἀθήναζε πεφευγότων Θηβαίων συγγίγνεται, καὶ διαπυθόμενος μὲν τὰ περὶ Ἀρχίαν τε τὸν…
Location: 5.4.2–5.4.7
Place: Thebai
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