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Often appears with: perseus · intercepted letters · deinon and polyaratus · crime and punishment · contracts, oaths, and obligation · conspiracy and assassination
Usually: narrative (1) · betrayal (1) · censure (1) · indignation (1)
“Therefore it was a matter of surprise that Deinon persuaded himself to cling to life and submit to so signal an exposure.” Polybius, The Histories of Polybius, Vol. 2 (of 2) · observation
Polybius describes how Deinon and Polyaratus tried to stay alive by shifting allegiance, but their intercepted letters to/from Perseus were exposed and led to their disgrace after torture and confession.
states to transfer themselves to alliance with the king. The most conspicuous of such men were in Cos the two brothers Hippias and Diomedon, and in Rhodes Deinon and Polyaratus. +8.+ And it is impossible not to view the policy of these men with disapproval. To begin with, all their fellow-citizens were aware of everything they had done or said; in the next place, the letters were intercepted and made public which we…