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AFTER these things were over, Bathyllus came under examination, in
order to convict Antipater, who proved the concluding attestation to Antipater's
designs; for indeed he was no other than his freed-man. This man came,
and brought another deadly potion, the poison of asps, and the juices of
other serpents, that if the first potion did not do the business, Pheroras
and his wife might be armed with this also to destroy the king. He brought
also an addition to Antipater's insolent attempt against his father, which
was the letters which he wrote against his brethren, Archelaus and Philip,
which were the king's sons, and educated at Rome, being yet youths, but
of generous dispositions. Antipater set himself to get rid of these as
soon as he could, that they might not be prejudicial to his hopes; and
to that end he forged letters against them in the name of his friends at
Rome. Some of these he corrupted by bribes to write how they grossly reproached
their father, and did openly bewail Alexander and Aristobulus, and were
uneasy at their being recalled; for their father had already sent for them,
which was the very thing that troubled Antipater.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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