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The way in which "The Accursed" at Athens got their name, was the
following. There was a certain Athenian called Cylon, a victor at
the Olympic Games, who aspired to the sovereignty, and aided by a
number of his companions, who were of the same age with himself, made
an attempt to seize the citadel. But the attack failed; and Cylon
became a suppliant at the image. Hereupon the Heads of the
Naucraries, who at that time bore rule in Athens, induced the
fugitives to remove by a promise to spare their lives. Nevertheless
they were all slain; and the blame was laid on the Alcmaeonidae. All
this happened before the time of Pisistratus.
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