Background. The speaker's father and his friend Philoneus were dining together when (we are told) Philoneus' pallake ("concubine" - see 1.14n.), whom he was about to discard, after serving dinner to the two men added a drug to their wine, killing Philoneus immediately and causing the father's death several days later.
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Antiphon: The Speeches (Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics)
February 13, 1997, Cambridge University Press
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"Background. The speaker's father and his friend Philoneus were dining together when (we are told) Philoneus' pallake ("concubine" - see 1.14n.), whom he was about to discard, after serving dinner to the two men added a drug to their wine, killing Philoneus immediately and causing the father's death several days later."
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