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ἄμπελον κόπτοντες τὴν περὶ τὸ ἱερὸν ἐσέβαλλον καὶ λίθους — → cutting down the vines 'round the sanctuary, they threw in rocks as well

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   A killing one's mother, matricidal, μ. φίτυμα, of Orestes, A.Ag.1281; μ. χεῖρες Id.Eu.102; μ. μίασμα the stain of a mother's murder, ib.281; μ. κηλίς, αἷμα, E.IT1200, Or. 1649.    2 Subst., matricide, A.Eu.493 (lyr.), E.El.975, Pl.Lg.869b; ἔσχατος Αἰνεαδῶν μ. ἡγεμονεύσει, of Nero, D.C.61.16.