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 | | The Athenian archons, led by Megacles, took this as the goddess' repudiation of her suppliants and proceeded to stone them to death (on the other hand, Herodotus, 5.71, and Thucydides, 1.126, do not mention this aspect of the story, stating that Cylon was simply killed after being convinced that he would not be harmed). |
 | | Megacles and his genos, the Alcmaeonidae, were then exiled from the city for violating the laws against killing suppliants. |
 | | The Alcmaeonidae were cursed with a miasma ("stain" or "pollution"), which was inherited by later generations, even after the genos retook control of Athens. |
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