he says: ‘The youths were stoned to death by the Macedonians, but the sophist I will punish, together with those who sent him to me and those who harbour in their cities men who conspire against my life;’
Edition :
Plutarch. Plutarch's Lives. with an English Translation by. Bernadotte Perrin. Cambridge, MA. Harvard University Press. London. William Heinemann Ltd. 1919. 7.
Remark :
perpetrator: When Plutarch says "Alexander's Macedonians", he mostly means his army, but it is not explicitly stated here. 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: Callisthenes the sophist is later killed because he urged Hermolaus to conspire against Alexander. This is mentioned in 55.5. original citation: Subject for φησὶν is Alexander, who writes a letter to Antipater.
