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Afterwards, during his absence, his enemies went to work more vigorously. They brought the outrage upon the Hermae and upon the Eleusinian mysteries under one and the same design; both, they said, were fruits of a conspiracy to subvert the government, and so all who were accused of any complicity whatsoever therein were cast into prison without trial. The people were provoked with themselves for not bringing Alcibiades to trial and judgment at the time on such grave charges,
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and any kinsman or friend or comrade of his who fell foul of their wrath against him, found them exceedingly severe. Thucydides neglected to mentionIn Thuc. 6.53.2. the informers by name, but others give their names as Diocleides and Teucer. For instance, Phrynichus the comic poet Kock, Com. Att. Frag. i. p. 385. referred to them thus:— Look out too, dearest Hermes, not to get a fall, And mar your looks, and so equip with calumny Another Diocleides bent on wreaking harm. And the Hermes replies:— I’m on the watch; there’s Teucer, too; I would not give A prize for tattling to an alien of his guilt.
