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first a little to supplicate, yet, by his prepainng and keep- ing the poison by him, demands our admiration ; and still more admirable was his using it. When the temple of the god no longer afforded him a sanctuary, he took refuge, as it were, at a mightier altar, freeing himself from arms and soldiers, and laughing to scorn the cruelty of Antipater.