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ἀνεθέλητον = ἄχαρι: cf. ch. 88. 1. Later tradition supplied this omission in H.; cf. Paus. iii. 12. 7ἐν Ἀθήναις δὲ ἰδίᾳ τε καὶ ἐς ἑνὸς οἶκον ἀνδρὸς κατέσκηψε” (τὸ μήνιμα), Μιλτιάδου τοῦ Κίμωνος. ἐγεγόνει δὲ καὶ τῶν κηρύκων τοῖς ἐλθοῦσιν ἐς τὴν Ἀττικὴν Μιλτιάδης ἀποθανεῖν αἴτιος ὑπὸ Ἀθηναίων. But this, as well as the tradition (Plut. Them. ch. 6) that Themistocles was responsible for the death of the interpreter Arthmius of Zeleia (cf. ix. 3. 1 n.), are clearly later embellishments of the story, due to the desire to connect famous men with a famous (or infamous) act.

H. perhaps thought that Athens was destroyed as a punishment for the burning of Cybebe's temple at Sardis (v. 102).

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