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 | | We know not by what accident she found herself on board of the fleet of Ptolemy at the great sea-fight off Salamis (B. 306), but it was on that occasion that she fell into the hands of the young Demetrius, over whom she quickly obtained, the most unbounded influence. |
 | | On the murder of Hipparchus she was put to the torture, as she was supposed to have been privy to the conspiracy ; but she died under her sufferings without making any disclosure, and, if we may believe one account, she bit off her tongue, that no secret might be wrung from her. |
 | | An hetaera, one of the favourites of Demetrius Poliorcetes, at Athens. |
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