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But it fills me with wonderment, and I can in no wise believe the
report, that the Alcmaeonidae had an understanding with the
Persians, and held them up a shield as a signal, wishing Athens to
be brought under the yoke of the barbarians and of Hippias - the
Alcmaeonidae, who have shown themselves at least as bitter haters of
tyrants as was Callias, the son of Phaenippus, and father of
Hipponicus. This Callias was the only person at Athens who, when
the Pisistratidae were driven out, and their goods were exposed for
sale by the vote of the people, had the courage to make purchases, and
likewise in many other ways to display the strongest hostility.
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