Plot and counterplot, harem intrigue, and murder brought Artaxerxes III to the throne in 359 bc. |
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The former, with its coarse, farcical counterplot, was considered one of the cleverest comedies of its time. |
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We get no sense of the Western society in which they live, apart from a ham-fistedly jolly counterplot about Ziad's friend running a pizza restaurant. |
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Hastings was certainly not guilty of procuring a judicial murder, but recent research does suggest that he knew in advance of the counterplot against Nandakumar. |
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