Wasps
Sphekes
An old man addicted to jury duty and the small power it gives him is comically weaned off litigation by his son, satirizing the Athenian courts and the jury pay that made ordinary citizens dependent on the state.
Sphekes
An old man addicted to jury duty and the small power it gives him is comically weaned off litigation by his son, satirizing the Athenian courts and the jury pay that made ordinary citizens dependent on the state.
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