And yet not one of the accomplices of Hermolaüs, even in the last extremity, denounced Callisthenes. Nay, even Alexander himself, in the letters which he wrote at once to Craterus, Attalus, and Alcetas, says that the youths confessed under torture that they had made this attempt of themselves, and that no one else was privy to it.
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :
victim: According to the New Pauly, the basilikoi paides were taken from any subdued land since Philipp II.
http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/basilikoi-paides-e213450 long-term consequence: The conspirators are later executed. This is mentioned in 55.4.
