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According to Diodorus, the general Attalus blamed Pausanias for the death of his friend.

Philip and Pausanias had once been lovers, but the affair ended, and Philip started a new affair with Attalus ' friend ( also named Pausanias ).

The former Pausanias, feeling spurned, insulted his romantic rival in public.

To secure his honor, Attalus ' friend committed suicide by recklessly putting himself into danger in battle, while at the same time protecting the king.

Devastated, Attalus sought to punish Pausanias of Orestis, and did so by getting the man drunk, and then submitting him to a rape.

For any number of reasons, Philip did not punish Attalus.

Pausanias of Orestis was promoted to the rank of somatophylax, probably as a consolation.