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ἐκ λόγου πλαστοῦ, ‘banished him on a fictitious charge’; the prosecution was a pretence to secure Lichas admittance to Tegea. As an alien he had no ἔγκτησις γῆς there, and so was compelled to ‘hire’ the court.

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