No need to act as a tragic hero

The George Long translation of 1862:

Come now and tell me of Alexander and Philip and Demetrius of Phalerum. They themselves shall judge whether they discovered what the common nature required, and trained themselves accordingly. But if they acted like tragedy heroes, no one has condemned me to imitate them. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations.  Book 9.

Chrystal's 2017 rendering based on the Foulis translation of 1742:

Come now, speak of Alexander, Philip, and Demetrius of Phalerum. They know best whether they understood what the common nature required of them, and whether they trained themselves accordingly. But, if they designed only to play the tragic hero, no one has condemned me to do the like. Marcus Aurelius. Meditations.  Book 9.

Image: Portrait of King Philip II of Macedonia in his late years, after having received a wound to his left leg by a lance by Arturo Asensio courtesy of IBTimes UK.  I found their article "Mystery surrounding Royal Tomb of Philip II of Macedonia finally solved" published in 2015 quite interesting. It did make me wonder, though, if the leg wound is said to be conclusive evidence Philip was buried in Tomb I instead of Tomb II that contained so many lavish grave goods, why did it take Bartsiokas 15 years to make the determination? You can read it here:

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mystery-surrounding-royal-tomb-philip-ii-macedonia-finally-solved-1511382