Quorum e numero nescio an in primis Pausanias debeat referri: nam cum Hermoclen percontatus esset quonam modo subito clarus posset evadere atque is respondisset, si aliquem illustrem virum occidisset, futurum ut gloria eius ad ipsum redundaret, continuo Philippum interemit, et quidem quod petierat adsecutus est: tam enim se parricidio quam Philippus virtute notum posteris reddidit.
Of their number perhaps Pausanias should be given first mention. For when he asked Hermocles how he could suddenly become famous and was told in reply that if he killed an illustrious man that mans glory would redound to himself, he went and slew Philip, and indeed he achieved his purpose. For he made himself as well known to posterity by the murder as Philip by his achievements.
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