POLITICS OF ARISTOTLE

(Wang) #1
218 A RZS TO TL E 'S POL ZTZCS.
n"v* u"rosov oh ~i G~TL ~rpoeiro mi ;?rimcum pi Gujmmytv. To -4]esander
there is none.
The murder of Philip by Pausanias occurred at the marriage o~
ughter with Alexander of Epirus B.C. 336. The mention
his the r ircumstance shows that this passage, if not the whole of
Politics, must have been composed later than the date of [h.s
event.
The story here referred to is narrated more fully by D: 10 d orus
(xvi. 93). According to his rather incredible narrative .4:;alui
was the uncle of Cleopatra whom Philip married in 337 B,~.,
and he had a friend also named Pausanias of whom the assa<>jn
Pausanias was jealous. Pausanias the friend of Attalus bein:
abused and insulted by his namesake, sought death in battle. anl]
Attalus, to revenge the supposed insult to his friend, invited The
other Pausanias to a banquet and outraged him. When Phillp
could not or would not punish Attalus, Pausanias turned his anger
against the king. Xedy the same story is told by Justin is. 6.
and Plutarch Alex. c. 10.




    1. Ka'r 4 70; chvo~xo~ Ehaydppa r+ Kunpiy.
      Sc. 4 ;nMurs. Ehaydppa is governed by the &rni in ini6culs. The
      story is differently told by Theopompus (Fragm. 111, RIiiller 1.
      p. 295). According to his account the eunuch Thrasydaeus go:
      Evagoras and his sons into his power by inducing them to make
      assignations with a young maiden, who was the daughter of
      Nicocreon, a revolted subject of Evagoras. According to Diodorus
      (XV. 47) the name of the eunuch who conspired was Nicocles:
      but the name is probably a confusion with the son of Evagoras
      who succeeded him. Isocrates in his 'Evagoras' throws a veil
      over the whole story. Thus our four authorities all disagree 1vifh
      one another.





    1. Archelaus, the son of Perdiccas, reigned in Macedonia 413-399.
      and had two wives,-the name of the second was Cleopatra, the name
      of the first is not mentioned. He seems to have thought that he
      would prevent quarrels in his two families if he married a son and
      daughter out of each of them to one another. For Archelaus see
      Thuc. ii. 100 and Flat. Gorg, 470, 471; for Arrhabaeus (or



Free download pdf