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The family of the Gephyraeans, to which the murderers of Hipparchus
belonged, according to their own account, came originally from
Eretria. My inquiries, however, have made it clear to me that they
are in reality Phoenicians, descendants of those who came with Cadmus
into the country now called Boeotia. Here they received for their
portion the district of Tanagra, in which they afterwards dwelt. On
their expulsion from this country by the Boeotians (which happened
some time after that of the Cadmeians from the same parts by the
Argives) they took refuge at Athens. The Athenians received them
among their citizens upon set terms, whereby they were excluded from a
number of privileges which are not worth mentioning.
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