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The prosecution have also accused me in connexion with the suppliant's bough. They allege that it was I who placed it in the Eleusinium,1 and that under ancient law the penalty for doing such a thing during the Mysteries is death. The impudence of it! They resort to a ruse for my undoing, but will not leave well alone when their plot proves a failure. They proceed to bring a formal accusation against me in spite of it.
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