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 FEELINGS OF PAUSANIAS. 5] 5 Amidst this festive multitude, however, there were not want- Ing discontented partisans of Olympias and Alexander, to both of whom the young queen with her new-born child threatened a formidable rivalry. There was also a malcontent yet more dan- gerous Pausanias, one of the royal body-guards, a noble youth bom in the district called Orestis in Upper Macedonia; who, from causes of offence peculiar to himself, nourished a deadly hatred against Philip. The provocation which he had received is one which we can neither conveniently transcribe, nor indeed ac- curately make out, amidst discrepancies of statement. It was Attalus, the uncle of the new queen Kleopatra, who had given the provocation, by inflicting upon Pausanias an outrage of the most brutal and revolting character. Even for so monstrous an act, no regular justice could be had in Macedonia, against a pow- erful man. Pausanias complained to Philip in person. According to one account, Philip put aside the complaint with evasions, and even treated it with ridicule ; according to another account, he expressed his displeasure at the act, and tried to console Pausa- nias by pecuniary presents. But he granted neither redress nor satisfaction to the sentiment of an outraged man. 1 Accordingly Pausanias determined to take revenge for himself. Instead of revenging himself on Attalus who indeed was out of his reach, being at the head of the Macedonian troops in Asia his wrath fixed upon Philip himself, by whom the demand for redress had been refused. It appears that this turn of sentiment, diverting the appetite for revenge away from the real criminal, was not wholly spontaneous on the part of Pausanias, but was artfully in- stigated by various party conspirators who wished to destroy Philip. The enemies of Attalus and queen Kleopatra (who her- self is said to have treated Pausanias with insult 2 ) being of course also partisans of Olympias and Alexander were well disposed to make use of the maddened Pausanias as an instru- ment, and to direct his exasperation against the king. He had poured forth his complaints both to Olympias and to Alexander ; the former is said to have worked him up vehemently against hei 1 Aristot. Polit. v. 8. 10. 'H ^MTTTTOV (exideaif) virb Havaavioi', diu TO iuaai vflpiodrtvai avrbv {inb TUV ircpi "ArraAov, etc. Justin, ix. 6 : Diodor Xvi. 93.
 * Plutarch. Alex. c. 10.