The most popular explanation of the murder comes from Diodorus Siculus, who expanded on its mention by Aristotle. According to Diodorus, the general Attalus blamed Pausanias of Orestis for the death of his friend, who confusingly was also named Pausanias.
Pausanias of Orestis, feeling spurned, insulted his romantic rival Pausanias, Attalus's lover, in public. To secure his public honor, Pausanias, the beloved of Attalus, endangered himself in battle while protecting the king. Devastated by his lover's effective suicide, Attalus sought to punish Pausanias of Orestis by getting him drunk and raping him. For any number of reasons, Philip did not punish Attalus for the rape of Philip's former lover; probably as a consolation, Pausanias of Orestis was promoted to the rank of somatophylax.[1]
It has been supposed then that Pausanias' motive for killing Philip was at least in part due to personal anger over Philip, who was the host of the party where Pausanias was raped, not having intervened in any way, nor even having reprimanded Attalus.[citation needed]
Problems with timing of the revenge
However, there is a problem with the delay between the rape and the revenge: Diodorus supports the attribution of a personal motive to Pausanias, but dates the events that led to the assault on Pausanias to the time of the Illyrian Pleurias, but the last known campaign Philip conducted against the Illyria took place in 344 BC. The correspondence between these dates would put eight years between Pausanias' rape and the murder of Philip – a long wait for an ostensibly hot-blooded act of personal revenge.[2]
Killed while fleeing and trial of co-conspirators
Pausanias killed Philip at the wedding ceremony of Philip's daughter Cleopatra to Alexander I of Epirus; however, in the aftermath of the murder, whilst fleeing to the city gate in order to make his escape, Pausanias tripped on a vine root and was speared to death by several of Philip's bodyguards, including Attalus, son of Andromenes the Stymphaean, Leonnatus, and Perdiccas, who were also bodyguards and friends of Alexander.[3]
The murder was certainly premeditated, as horses were found near where Pausanias had tried to flee.[4] At the murder trial, two other men, Heromenes and Arrhabaeus, were found guilty of conspiring with Pausanias, and executed. Leonnatus, who threw the spear that killed Pausanias, was demoted, possibly under the suspicion that he was trying to prevent the assassin from being interrogated.[citation needed]
Memorial
Philip's son and successor, Alexander, had Pausanias's corpse crucified. However, as soon as the new king had left Macedon, a memorial to Pausanias was erected by Olympias, Philip's widow and Alexander's mother.[citation needed]
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This article has multiple issues Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page Learn how and when to remove these template messages This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Pausanias of Orestis news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Pausanias of Orestis news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message This article s factual accuracy is disputed Relevant discussion may be found on the talk page Please help to ensure that disputed statements are reliably sourced April 2020 Learn how and when to remove this template message Learn how and when to remove this template message Pausanias of Orestis Ancient Greek Paysanias ἐk tῆs Ὀrestidos was a member of Philip II of Macedon s personal bodyguard somatophylakes He assassinated Philip in 336 BC possibly at the behest of Philip s wife Olympias or even his son Alexander the Great Pausanias was killed while fleeing the assassination Drawing of Philip II s assassination by artist Andre Castaigne c 1898 Contents 1 Motive as an assassin 1 1 Problems with timing of the revenge 2 Killed while fleeing and trial of co conspirators 3 Memorial 4 See also 5 References 6 Sources 6 1 Ancient 6 2 ModernMotive as an assassin EditThe most popular explanation of the murder comes from Diodorus Siculus who expanded on its mention by Aristotle According to Diodorus the general Attalus blamed Pausanias of Orestis for the death of his friend who confusingly was also named Pausanias Pausanias of Orestis feeling spurned insulted his romantic rival Pausanias Attalus s lover in public To secure his public honor Pausanias the beloved of Attalus endangered himself in battle while protecting the king Devastated by his lover s effective suicide Attalus sought to punish Pausanias of Orestis by getting him drunk and raping him For any number of reasons Philip did not punish Attalus for the rape of Philip s former lover probably as a consolation Pausanias of Orestis was promoted to the rank of somatophylax 1 It has been supposed then that Pausanias motive for killing Philip was at least in part due to personal anger over Philip who was the host of the party where Pausanias was raped not having intervened in any way nor even having reprimanded Attalus citation needed Problems with timing of the revenge Edit However there is a problem with the delay between the rape and the revenge Diodorus supports the attribution of a personal motive to Pausanias but dates the events that led to the assault on Pausanias to the time of the Illyrian Pleurias but the last known campaign Philip conducted against the Illyria took place in 344 BC The correspondence between these dates would put eight years between Pausanias rape and the murder of Philip a long wait for an ostensibly hot blooded act of personal revenge 2 Killed while fleeing and trial of co conspirators EditPausanias killed Philip at the wedding ceremony of Philip s daughter Cleopatra to Alexander I of Epirus however in the aftermath of the murder whilst fleeing to the city gate in order to make his escape Pausanias tripped on a vine root and was speared to death by several of Philip s bodyguards including Attalus son of Andromenes the Stymphaean Leonnatus and Perdiccas who were also bodyguards and friends of Alexander 3 The murder was certainly premeditated as horses were found near where Pausanias had tried to flee 4 At the murder trial two other men Heromenes and Arrhabaeus were found guilty of conspiring with Pausanias and executed Leonnatus who threw the spear that killed Pausanias was demoted possibly under the suspicion that he was trying to prevent the assassin from being interrogated citation needed Memorial EditPhilip s son and successor Alexander had Pausanias s corpse crucified However as soon as the new king had left Macedon a memorial to Pausanias was erected by Olympias Philip s widow and Alexander s mother citation needed See also EditAmyntas son of Antiochus References Edit Diodorus Siculus 16 93 4 94 4 Aristotle Politics 5 10 1311b Diodorus Siculus 16 93 7 94 4 Aristotle Politics 5 10 1311b Plut Alex 10 4 Just 9 6 4 8 Diodorus Siculus 16 94 3 4 Justin 9 7 9 11Sources EditAncient Edit Plutarch Life of Alexander Philip s Assassination Plutarch Diodorus Siculus 16 94Modern Edit Death of Philip Murder or Assassination unreliable source Alexander The Great J R Hamilton Alexander Of Macedon 356 323 B C Peter Green Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Pausanias of Orestis amp oldid 1131314981, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
