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(ἀπατήσεως τοῦ δήμου γραφή). A public prosecution at Athens against any one who had misled the people by false statements of fact, quoting imaginary laws, etc. The Senate and the law-courts, as well as the sovereign people, were included in its operation ( c. Aristocr. p. 653. 97). It would seem that it might also be directed against generals who, like Miltiades at Paros, failed in an expedition which they had themselves suggested ( c. Timoth. p. 1204. 67).