1Since Antigonus did not dare to decide about him alone, he referred the matter to his council. 1Here, when all at first, in confusion, expressed amazement that punishment had not already been exacted from the man by whom they had been so badly treated for so many years that they had often been driven to despair, who had killed the greatest generals, and finally in whom alone there was so much that, as long as he lived, they themselves could not be safe, while if he were killed they would have no trouble: finally, if he gave him back his life, they asked what friends he would have: for they would not remain with him alongside Eumenes.
3Here, though he learned the council's wish, he nevertheless allowed himself time for deliberation up to the seventh day. 3But then, since he now feared that some mutiny might arise in the army, he forbade anyone to be admitted to him and ordered his daily food to be taken away: for he said that he would not use violence against a man who had once been his friend. 4He, however, having been tormented by hunger for no more than three days, was slaughtered by his guards without Antigonus' knowledge while the camp was being moved.