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Aristophanes422 BCE
Aristophanes took on the Athenian jury system — old men addicted to the power of passing judgment — and turned it into a comedy about a man who puts his dog on trial.
comedyAncient Greekmoderateshort · ~1.5h
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“How sweet it is to be a juror! There is no creature on earth as happy, as pampered, or as feared.”
Why It Matters
Aristophanes took on the Athenian jury system — old men addicted to the power of passing judgment — and turned it into a comedy about a man who puts his dog on trial. It is one of the sharpest satires of legal culture and civic dysfunction in ancient literature. The play's mockery of how ordinary people get drunk on petty authority still lands.
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Personal reviewPretty fun concept to be addicted to litigation. The trial of the dog was best part