§16.94.1ὁ δὲ Παυσανίας ἀμετάθετον φυλάττων τὴν ὀργὴν ἔσπευδε μὴ μόνον παρὰ τοῦ πράξαντος λαβεῖν τιμωρίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ παρὰ τοῦ μὴ τιμωροῦντος αὐτῷ.
But Pausanias, keeping his anger unalterable, was eager to exact vengeance not only from the one who had committed the deed but also from the one who did not avenge him.
συνεπελάβετο δὲ ταύτης τῆς προαιρέσεως μάλιστα ὁ σοφιστὴς Ἑρμοκράτης.
And the sophist Hermocrates contributed most of all to this resolution.
τοῦ γὰρ Παυσανίου σχολάζοντος αὐτῷ καὶ κατὰ τὴν διατριβὴν πυθομένου πῶς ἄν τις γένοιτο ἐπιφανέστατος, ὁ σοφιστὴς ἀπεκρίθη εἰ τὸν τὰ μέγιστα πράξαντα ἀνέλοι· τῇ γὰρ περὶ τούτου μνήμῃ συμπεριληφθήσεσθαι καὶ τὸν τὴν ἀναίρεσιν αὐτοῦ ποιησάμενον.
For when Pausanias was studying with him and asked during their conversation how one could become most famous, the sophist replied that it would be if one were to kill the man who had accomplished the greatest things; for the memory of the latter would also encompass the one who had committed his murder.
§16.94.2ἀνενέγκας δὲ πρὸς τὴν ἰδίαν ὀργὴν τὸν λόγον καὶ διὰ τὸν θυμὸν οὐδεμίαν τῆς γνώμης ὑπέρθεσιν ποιησάμενος ἐν αὐτοῖς τοῖς ὑποκειμένοις ἀγῶσι τὴν ἐπιβουλὴν συνεστήσατο τοιῷδέ τινι τρόπῳ.
Applying this saying to his own anger, and because of his passion making no postponement of his resolve, he set his plot in motion during the very games then taking place, in the following manner.
§16.94.3ἵππους παραστησάμενος ταῖς πύλαις παρῆλθε πρὸς τὰς εἰς τὸ θέατρον εἰσόδους ἔχων κεκρυμμένην Κελτικὴν μάχαιραν.
Having stationed horses at the gates, he went to the entrances into the theater, having a Celtic dagger concealed.
τοῦ δὲ Φιλίππου τοὺς παρακολουθοῦντας φίλους κελεύσαντος προεισελθεῖν εἰς τὸ θέατρον καὶ τῶν δορυφόρων διεστώτων, ὁρῶν τὸν βασιλέα μεμονωμένον προσέδραμε καὶ διὰ τῶν πλευρῶν διανταίαν ἐνέγκας πληγὴν τὸν μὲν βασιλέα νεκρὸν ἐξέτεινεν, αὐτὸς δʼ ἐπὶ τὰς πύλας καὶ τοὺς ἡτοιμασμένους πρὸς τὴν φυγὴν ἔθεεν ἵππους.
And when Philip ordered his accompanying friends to enter the theater ahead of him, and the bodyguards were standing apart, seeing the king isolated, he ran forward, and delivering a blow right through his ribs, he stretched the king out dead, while he himself ran toward the gates and the horses prepared for his flight.
§16.94.4εὐθὺς δὲ τῶν σωματοφυλάκων οἱ μὲν πρὸς τὸ σῶμα τοῦ βασιλέως ὥρμησαν, οἱ δʼ ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ σφαγέως διωγμὸν ἐξεχύθησαν, ἐν οἷς ὑπῆρχον καὶ Λεόννατος καὶ Περδίκκας καὶ Ἄτταλος.
Immediately some of the bodyguards rushed to the body of the king, while others poured out in pursuit of the slayer, among whom were also Leonnatus and Perdiccas and Attalus.
ὁ δὲ Παυσανίας προλαβὼν τῆς διώξεως ἔφθασεν ἂν ἐπὶ τὸν ἵππον ἀναπηδήσας, εἰ μὴ τῆς ὑποδέσεως περὶ ἄμπελόν τινα περιπλακείσης ἔπεσεν.
And Pausanias, having a lead in the pursuit, would have succeeded in leaping onto his horse, had he not fallen when his sandal became entangled in a vine.
διόπερ οἱ περὶ τὸν Περδίκκαν καταλαβόντες αὐτὸν ἐκ τῆς γῆς ἀνιστάμενον καὶ συγκεντήσαντες ἀνεῖλον.
Therefore, those around Perdiccas, catching up with him as he was rising from the ground, struck him down and killed him.