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[4] And when an uproar resulted and people asked why the man had been put to death, Eteonicus ordered his followers to give out word that1 it was because he had the reed. As a result of this announcement all those who were carrying reeds threw them away, each man as he heard the report being afraid that he might be seen with one.

1 406 B.C.

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