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According to his story, Diocleides called next day. My father happened to be coming out just as he was knocking at the door. Are you the man they are expecting in there? he asked. Well, well, we must not turn friends like you away. And with these words he went off. This was an attempt to bring about my father’s death by showing that he was in the secret.
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We informed Diocleides, or so he alleged, that we had decided to offer him two talents of silver, as against the hundred minae from the Treasury,i.e. twenty minae more. and promised that he should become one of ourselves, if we achieved our end.Implying that the mutilation of the Hermae was definitely part of a plot to overthrow the democracy. Diocleides is promised a place in the oligarchic government which is to follow. Both sides were to give a guarantee of good faith. Diocleides replied that he would think it over;
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and we told him to meet us at Callias’ house, so that Callias, son of Telocles, might be present as well. This was a similar attempt to bring about the death of my brother-in-law.
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Diocleides said that he went to Callias’ house, and after terms had been arranged, pledged his word on the Acropolis.In one of the temples (cf. Andoc. 1.40). we on our side agreed to give him the money the following month; but we broke our promise and did not do so. He had therefore come to reveal the truth.